Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank is prepared to raise interest rates further if needed and intends to keep borrowing costs high until inflation is on a convincing path toward the Fed’s 2% target.
Mortgage rates climbed higher above 7% this week, marking a 22-year high and shattering the American Dream for many.
European Central Bank Governing Council member Boris Vujcic said officials need more data about the trajectory of inflation to judge whether interest rates have risen far enough.
Asian semiconductor stocks got a fresh boost from a stellar set of results at Nvidia Corp., the standard bearer of the artificial intelligence theme that propelled gains in the sector earlier this year.
Grab Holdings Ltd. shares jumped 11% after the company brought forward its profitability target and posted a narrower quarterly loss, buoyed by extensive cost cuts at the Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food-delivery provider.
China vowed to take “necessary steps” to safeguard food safety and the marine environment after Japan set a date to begin flushing treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima site into the Pacific Ocean.
International funds will resume investing in Thailand, boosting equities and the baht, following the appointment of a new prime minister after a three-month political impasse triggered withdrawals, according to the nation’s largest private money manager.
Oil held a decline on signs that supply is rebounding while concerns linger about demand in China, the biggest importer.
While Beijing moves to stabilize the yuan, Wall Street still sees plenty of room for the Chinese currency to fall.
If they’d been offered today’s economy a year ago – with inflation downgraded from emergency to mere headache, still-low unemployment, and growth that’s slowed without stalling – the world’s top central bankers would’ve taken it like a shot.
China cut its one-year benchmark lending rate on Monday as authorities seek to ramp up efforts to stimulate credit demand, but surprised markets by keeping the five-year rate unchanged amid broader concerns about a rapidly weakening currency.
Oil headed for its first weekly loss since June as concerns over economic weakness in China and potentially even tighter monetary policy in the US combined to overshadow signs of a tighter physical market.
China delivered its strongest ever pushback against a weaker yuan via its daily reference rate, as it sought to repair broken confidence in a market spooked by disappointing data and heightened credit risks.
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Federal Reserve officials are more seriously discussing the possibility that they may not have to stop shrinking their massive balance sheet when they begin cutting interest rates, a readout from their most recent policy meeting showed.
