If the Fed opts against raising interest rates on Wednesday, investors will probably increase their forecasts for inflation, injecting new turmoil into the government bond market.
Category: Interest Rates
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Fed Meeting Will Test Central Bank’s Credibility With Bond Investors
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Architects of Japan’s Easy-Money Policies Are Changing Their Minds
The New York Times – Business:As the Bank of Japan weighs another rate increase on Friday, a divide over how Japan should confront inflation is widening.
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Elevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Rates
The New York Times – Business:The odds of a quarter-point rate increase at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week surged to 90 percent after August’s Consumer Price Index report.
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How to Make Sense of Mayhem in the Bond Market
The New York Times – Business:The stock market is easy to talk about. But bonds are a different story. Our columnist has some pointers to help make you a bond maven.
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European Central Bank Raises Rates in Bid to Quell Inflation
The New York Times – On the Runway:The bank, fighting price pressures spurred by the war in the Middle East, raised its benchmark rate to 2.5 percent.
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Why Stocks Are Defying Gravity and What Could Bring Them Down
The New York Times – Business:Investors are focused on strong corporate earnings and A.I., while looking past the war in Iran. But rising interest rates are an increasing risk to the rally.
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Global Bond Rates Are Rising. What Should You Do Now?
The New York Times – Business:If you own bonds, they may be in a broad fund that hasn’t lost much money. And that fund may do much better in the next several years.
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Satsuki Katayama, the Woman at the Center of Japan’s Currency Fight
The New York Times – Business:Japan’s finance minister, Satsuki Katayama, is under pressure to strengthen the yen while balancing competing demands from the prime minister and Washington.
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Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates
The New York Times – Business:Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, must soon decide whether to raise interest rates if inflation does not ease, even if it draws President Trump’s ire.
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High Debt and Rising Prices Catch Up to Trump, as Midterms Near
The New York Times – Business:To win in 2024, the president promised an economic course correction. Almost two years later, his agenda has made that fight even harder.
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Investors Expect Higher Rates After Fed Chairman’s Inflation Pledge
The New York Times – Business:Kevin Warsh reiterated the Federal Reserve’s commitment to tackle rising prices, nudging up investor expectations of a rate increase.