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Business
Why Investors Don’t Believe the Fed
Markets appear to be dismissing the central bank’s more pessimistic take on inflation, as the S&P 500 nears a new…
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Business
Fed Is in No Rush to Cut Rates as Economy Holds Up
Federal Reserve officials are expected to leave interest rates unchanged at their meeting this week. They will also release a…
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Business
Europe’s Fed Problem
The European Central Bank is widely expected to cut interest rates on Thursday. But how low it can go may…
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Business
An Inflation Test Looms Over the Economy and the Election
The pivotal Consumer Price Index report is set to be published on Wednesday as the window for interest-rate cuts before…
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Business
Bank of England Holds Interest Rates Steady, but Signals Cuts
A rate cut could come as soon as this summer as the central bank forecast that inflation would drop to…
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Business
Powell Suggests Interest Rates Could Stay High for a Longer Period
The Fed chair, along with the central bank’s No. 2 policymaker, stressed uncertainties over job growth and the persistence of…
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Business
How Low Will They Go? Wall Street’s Big Rethink on Interest Rate Cuts
Investors see Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index report as a pivotal report card on inflation and the Federal Reserve’s next move.
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Business
Higher for Longer After All? Investors See Fed Rates Falling More Slowly.
Investors went into 2024 expecting the Federal Reserve to cut rates sharply. Stubborn inflation and quick growth call that into…
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Business
The Fed Stays the Course on Rates
Markets are cheering the central bank’s forecast for three interest rate cuts this year. But Fed policymakers are divided on…
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World
A Queer Chinese Artist Finds Liberation Through Folk Art
Drawing from his life in rural China, the gay artist known as Xiyadie uses a folk art form to tell…