The Federal Reserve should keep raising its policy interest rate until it is confident inflation has peaked and that means interest rate hikes “at least at the next few meetings,” Read more
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Japan’s ‘broken’ monetary policy may be on its last legs. What are the risks for global markets if it capitulates?
When the Bank of Japan meets later this week, investors will be watching closely for any signs that Japanese authorities might be preparing to tweak, or perhaps even jettison, a Read more
BOJ Board Member Adachi Pledges to Continue Monetary Easing
By Megumi Fujikawa Bank of Japan policy board member Seiji Adachi said Wednesday that the bank should continue its easy policy and needs to be careful about monetary tightening amid Read more
How the new tools of monetary policy and the rise of China changed markets
We are marking MarketWatch’s 25th anniversary by looking at the 25 biggest financial market events and developments we have covered. In the early years, we recounted five big events and Read more
Fed’s Cook backs policy of higher-for-longer interest rates
New Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook on Thursday said she supports additional interest rate hikes and keeping the benchmark policy rate high enough to dampen growth until the central Read more
‘We are in deep trouble’: Billionaire investor Druckenmiller believes Fed’s monetary tightening will push the economy into recession in 2023
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller sees a “hard landing” for the U.S. economy by the end of 2023 as the Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary tightening will result in a recession. “I Read more
Fed’s Bostic says central bank hasn’t lost credibility with the public
The Federal Reserve hasn’t lost credibility with the broader public beyond Wall Street, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said Monday. “I’m heartened as I go around [my] district [that] people Read more
Any doubt Fed will raise rates by 75 basis points next week is gone after hot U.S. inflation data
Any doubt that the Federal Reserve will raise its its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point next week is gone, economists said, following the hot U.S. consumer price inflation Read more
Fed will need ‘great skill’ and ‘good luck’ to bring down inflation without crashing the economy, Yellen says
The Federal Reserve has to use its judgment to bring inflation down along with the ever-present risk of a recession, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday. “Of course [a recession] Read more
Bank of Japan needs to continue with monetary easing ‘steadfastly,’ official says
TOKYO — Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Masayoshi Amamiya on Thursday renewed his promise to continue easy monetary policy, saying Japan’s economic recovery isn’t firm enough yet. “It is necessary Read more
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