According to minutes from their July 25-26 meeting, the officials said they ‘would need to see more data... to be confident that inflation pressures were abating’ and on track to return to their target
However, excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core inflation matched the smallest monthly rise in nearly two years, a sign that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes continue to slow price increases
In another sign of strength, the unemployment rate is expected to stay at 3.6%, not far off a half-century low
Job openings dropped to 9.6 million in June, the Labor Department said Tuesday, down slightly from the previous month but much lower than the 10.3 million in April
Recent figures provide the latest sign that the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation may succeed without triggering a recession, an outcome known as a ‘soft landing’
ECB President Christine Lagarde said the bank’s next moves would be determined by what the data — including inflation and job numbers — will show
Last quarter’s expansion was well above the 1.5% annual rate that economists had forecast
The co-creator of the ‘Dollar Smile’ hypothesis — devised in 2001 — believes that his theory is still valid today. He thinks the US currency is just as dominant as it was 20 years ago
The move lifted the Fed’s benchmark short-term rate from roughly 5.1% to 5.3% — its highest level since 2001
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Prices are rising at their slowest pace since 2.6% in March 2021, but the Federal Reserve is still wary
The U.S. central bank is bumping monetary prices closer to the levels of the dot-com bubble
Job strength puts pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise rates this month to the highest levels since 2001
The wage data may raise concerns at the Fed, which is worried that faster pay gains will perpetuate inflation by leading companies to raise prices to offset their higher labor costs
In the end, the 11 voting members of the Fed’s interest-rate setting committee agreed unanimously to skip a hike after 10 straight increases
The suspension of federal student loan payments, which took effect at the height of the pandemic in 2020, expires late this summer
Despite higher interest rates, the economy grew at a 2% annual pace from January through March
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The head of the Federal Reserve told the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday that it will be necessary to further raise interest rates by the end of the year
However, officials signaled that they may raise rates twice more this year, beginning as soon as next month
The international agency foresees high interest rates until the end of 2024 due to persistent inflation and a resilient economy
The index showed that prices rose 0.4% from March to April. That was much higher than the 0.1% rise the previous month
The monetary policy impact has been extremely slow due to the low cost of debt in recent years, which is propping up the so-called ‘zombie’ companies
Gross domestic product grew at a 1.3% annual rate from January through March, compared to a previous government estimate of 1.1%
Powell noted that turmoil in the banking sector will likely cause banks to reduce the pace of lending: ‘As a result, our policy rate may not need to rise as much as it would have otherwise to achieve our goals,’ he said
Many Fed watchers have expected the central bank’s officials to forgo another increase in their benchmark rate when they next meet in mid-June
Prices rose 0.4% from March to April, the government said Wednesday. The nation’s inflation rate has steadily cooled since peaking at 9.1% last June but remains far above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target rate