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Fed unlikely to cut interest rates until July next year: Markets Wrap

Stocks advanced after data on private payrolls added to speculation the Federal Reserve is done with its aggressive hiking campaign

End to inflation crisis may be in sight as high interest rates bite

Rate of price rises has fallen sharply in both US and Europe – while Ireland’s inflation rate, though also down, is still above average at 3.6 per cent

Wall Street closes third straight winning week with tiny gain

Several retailers made strong gains after reporting better results for the latest quarter than analysts expected

Powell hints that Federal Reserve is done with hikes

The central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee left its benchmark rate unchanged Wednesday in a range of 5.25% to 5.5%

Better than expected jobs figures could see Fed hike US interest rates again

A new report found that 336,000 jobs were added last month

US mortgage rate climbs to 22-year high, wiping out demand

Pickup in borrowing costs is making the housing market — already one of the least affordable on record — even worse

Tough pill to swallow as ECB and Fed look to keep rates high

Interest rates are set to remain ‘higher for longer’ as central banks keep their efforts on tackling price rises

Comment & Analysis

Fears Fed’s higher interest rates will have no impact on inflation

The US Federal Reserve has been aggressively raising interest rates for the last 20 months in an effort to curb soaring inflation, but the economy is showing no sign of slowing down

Bank of England presses pause on interest rate hikes

Pause follows 14 rises in a row, taking the base rate from 0.1 per cent to 5.25 per cent

Fed chair indicates interest rates hikes to end

In quarterly economic projections, 12 of 19 Fed officials said they still expect to raise rates once more this year

US Markets Update: Wall Street braces for Fed’s ‘hawkish hold’

Federal Open Market Committee expected to keep rates in a range of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent

US shutdown would ‘make Republican hand weaker’ - McCarthy

US House Speaker says government shutdown would be self-defeating for GOP

The Week Ahead: Greencoat Renewables to kick off week with interim results

The Business Post looks ahead to key events in the world of business over the next seven days

Goldman Sachs projects US Fed rate cut will come June 2024

Wall Street giant predicts rates will be gradually lowered to 3 per cent from Q2 next year

IMF urges central banks to stay on interest hike trajectory, despite lift in global outlook

US Fed and ECB are poised to raise interest rates further this week

Interest rates: Further hikes all but guaranteed from ECB and US Fed

A look ahead to the decisions facing major central banks this week

US Fed official warns interest rates are in ‘restrictive territory’ and should not rise further

Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Federal Reserve, urged other monetary policymakers to pause extra rate hikes and give time for inflation to slow down further over the coming months

Crisis over interest rates may soon reach breaking point

The pressure is mounting on the European Central Bank to keep lifting interest rates until next year at the earliest for fear inflation rebounds

Analysis: If a US recession is going to come, Biden should hope it begins sooner rather than later

The typical modern recession lasts 10 months, so an early, short and shallow recession might be Biden’s best bet at a re-election rebound

Traders position for a Fed pause, start unwinding cut wagers

Fed expected to leave interest rates unchanged for the first time since the US bank kicked off a historically aggressive round of monetary policy tightening in March 2022