Interest Rates OECD warns Fed, ECB and major central banks not to halt fight on inflation too earlyThe OECD’s warning comes as the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve begin to shift away from aggressive tightening and signal their next moves will be to cut rates
Economy Bank of England to hold interest rates but cuts may be on wayRates expected to be kept at 5.25 per cent for the fourth time in a row
Markets Markets Wrap: European stocks fall back as traders dial back rate cut hopesInvestors reset their expectations of when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates and assessed a deluge of corporate earnings
Economy US Federal Reserve sees interest rates staying higher for longerIn December central bankers voted unanimously to hold the benchmark lending rate steady in a range of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent
Opinion Ian Guider: Investors bet on the roaring ‘20s starting next yearFinancial markets have wagered the house on a presumption that the risks and issues which made the last few years problematic will end
Markets European stocks rise after holiday; bonds advance: Markets WrapTechnology stocks were among the biggest gainers as Prosus NV rebounded from a slump
Markets S&P 500 trades within a whisker of all-time high: Markets WrapUS stocks kicked off the final week of 2023 with gains, extending a rally that put the market on the brink of a record
Markets Gold Pushes Higher on Expectations for Fed Rate Cuts Next YearBullion is trading near a record high, heading for its first annual increase in three years
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Magnificent Seven fire America ahead in the battle against inflationAs the head of Fed tells investors the fight has been won, the concentration of value in a handful of tech giants is risky and problematic
Stock Take Investors betting on interest rate cuts akin to gamblingThere has been a frenzy on the money markets with investors trying to predict when central banks will cut interest rates next year
Economy ECB lending rates to remain at record-high 4.5% Bank said that while underlying inflation has eased further, domestic price pressures remain elevated, as it announced its second straight pause
Finance Bankers dodge full impact of Europe’s toughest ESG law to dateAccording to the compromise announced on Thursday, the financial sector will be “temporarily excluded from the scope of the directive
US Fed unlikely to cut interest rates until July next year: Markets WrapStocks advanced after data on private payrolls added to speculation the Federal Reserve is done with its aggressive hiking campaign
Inflation End to inflation crisis may be in sight as high interest rates biteRate 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
Markets Wall Street closes third straight winning week with tiny gainSeveral retailers made strong gains after reporting better results for the latest quarter than analysts expected
Economics Powell hints that Federal Reserve is done with hikesThe central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee left its benchmark rate unchanged Wednesday in a range of 5.25% to 5.5%
Interest Rates Better than expected jobs figures could see Fed hike US interest rates againA new report found that 336,000 jobs were added last month
Interest Rates US mortgage rate climbs to 22-year high, wiping out demandPickup in borrowing costs is making the housing market — already one of the least affordable on record — even worse
Comment Tough pill to swallow as ECB and Fed look to keep rates highInterest 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 inflationThe 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