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The Fed Is in no Rush to Cut Rates, Even if There Is a Weak Jobs Report
When the Federal Reserve began lowering interest rates in September, inflation was cooling and the job market was showing some troubling signs of weakness. Three […]
China’s Central Bank Stops Buying Bonds as Deflation Fears Grip Economy
In a striking sign of the Chinese economy’s stagnation, the central bank said on Friday that it had temporarily stopped buying government bonds. The central […]
PBOC Halts Bond Buying to Defend Yuan as Economic Gloom Worsens
(Bloomberg) — China’s central bank said it will suspend buying government bonds, its latest attempt to temper investor bets on weak economic growth that have […]
Why China’s central bank has stopped bond purchases
BEIJING — The Chinese central bank halted its government bond purchases Friday in an attempt to slow a one-way bonds trade that’s put unwanted downward […]
Mexico Central Bank Sounds Note of Caution on Trump Tariffs
(Bloomberg) — Several members of Mexico’s central bank expressed concern about the inflationary impact of tariffs that could be imposed by US President-elect Donald Trump […]
How the US sanctioned itself in Ukraine
Surging US Treasury yields are the main driver of global markets, depressing stock prices, pushing up the US dollar exchange rate, and threatening homebuilding and […]
Fed’s Bowman said December rate cut was ‘last step’ in ‘policy recalibration’
Federal Reserve governor Michelle Bowman said Thursday that she could have backed a pause in interest rates last month but supported a cut as the […]
Outlook 2025: Will central banks pick up the pace on CBDCs?
Central banks are progressing in their research on retail central bank digital currencies, but some have yet to commit to launching one. As more research […]
Top Federal Reserve official says central bank is ‘pretty close’ to meeting key targets
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A top Federal Reserve official […]