Fed predicts big slowdown in economy and rising unemployment as it battles inflation
admin The “pain” Americans are likely to endure from higher U.S. interest rates is a tepid…
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Opinion: Why the Fed keeps its focus strictly on the U.S. economy even as its actions could push the whole world into recession
The U.S. Federal Reserve holds inordinate sway over the world’s economies—yet it acts, in some…
Read MoreBrace yourselves, the Fed is about to inflict ‘some pain’ to fight inflation — here’s how to prepare your wallet and portfolio
Weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned there would be “some pain to households…
Read More‘Disinflationary wave is building’ even as investors anticipate aggressive Fed rate increase, says this economist
Signs of disinflation have emerged even as investors fear Federal Reserve Chair Powell and his…
Read MoreWhy stock-market investors fear a full percentage point Fed rate hike would ‘unnerve’ Wall Street
With both U.S. stocks and bonds under pressure on Tuesday, some on Wall Street argue…
Read MoreJapan’s consumer inflation climbs 3% in August
TOKYO — Japan’s overall consumer inflation rose 3% from a year earlier in August, exceeding…
Read MoreZillow sees peak rent growth as over, but that isn’t what the Fed’s tracking
A look at Zillow Group’s closely followed rent index shows that last year’s roughly 17%…
Read More6 in 10 people with credit-card debt say they’ve owed money for at least a year
Nearly half of all credit-card users say they’re carrying debt each month — and 60%…
Read MoreIn rare sit-down, Nobel Prize–winning economist Peter Diamond sees ‘significant power shift from employers to workers’ underway
Peter Diamond, winner of the Nobel Prize in economics in 2010, has shied away from…
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Opinion: The dollar will remain strong as long as fundamentals and the Fed allow
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Project Syndicate)—Despite rampant inflation and slowing growth, the U.S. dollar BUXX, +0.57% DXY,…
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