Jerome Powell
Cut priced in: Markets eagerly wait for Fed’s view of the economy
With annual inflation easing in the US, financial markets have priced in a 25 basis point cut to the cash rate at the Fed’s next meeting this week – the last before the November presidential election.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Opinion
Interest rates
The Fed may have left it too late to cut interest rates as recession fears grow
Jerome Powell has signalled that the Fed will soon cut US rates for the first time since it began raising them aggressively more than two years ago. It may have missed its moment.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Fed chair Jerome Powell: ‘The time has come’ for interest rate cuts
The US Federal Reserve is ready to cut interest rates, confident that inflation is easing to normal levels and wary of any more slowing in the job market.
- by Rachel Siegel
‘Time has come’ to cut interest rates, Fed Chair Jerome Powell says
“The time has come for policy to adjust,” Powell said in a highly anticipated speech to the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic conference.
- by Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir
Opinion
Global economy
China can’t rescue the global economy this time
The global economy is sputtering and an “enormous error” in the US just ramped up the pressure. We can’t rely on China to fix things.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Analysis
Global economy
The Rocky Mountains meeting that has the world on edge
The world’s central bankers are gathering in Wyoming this week. They find themselves more divided than perhaps any time since before the pandemic.
- by Swati Pandey, Mark Schroers, Tom Rees and Garfield Reynolds
Opinion
US election
Trump as de facto Fed chair is a dangerous idea
Donald Trump thinks that his experience as a reality TV star and casino and real estate investor gives him a superior sense of monetary policy.
- by Jonathan Levin
Opinion
Interest rates
Sharemarkets gripped by panic amid fears the Fed just made a big mistake
The ASX and sharemarkets around the world are a sea of red as recession fears build in the US.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Interest rates
Donald Trump is on a collision course with an old foe
Donald Trump tried to fire Jerome Powell during his presidency before discovering he didn’t have the authority. Now the Fed chairman is set to throw a spanner in the works heading into November’s election.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Sharemarket
Wall Street is disconnected from reality
Wall Street is ignoring what is happening in the world’s biggest economy.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Trump's White House
Trump 2.0: Why a second presidential term could lead to a new financial crisis
Donald Trump plans to “rebuild the greatest economy in history” if he wins a second presidential term. Experts fear a new financial crisis.
- by Shane Wright
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