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US Fed officials tread carefully after Treasury’s bond market intervention

The intervention creates potential challenges because of the possible confusion in financial markets as to which institution is the main driver of financial conditions.

US Fed policymakers’ inflation concerns increased at July meeting, minutes show

The US Federal Reserve building in Washington. “Several” policymakers at the Fed’s July meeting were ready to raise interest rates, the minutes of the meeting show.

Global bond markets put governments on notice over fiscal, inflation risks

In addition, massive borrowing by technology companies to fund a buildout of AI infrastructure is competing with demand for government bonds.

Ditch inflation targets? Better to overhaul them instead

Price stability, however defined, must remain the holy grail.

Emerging currencies rise to record high as Fed hike bets ease

US swaps are now fully pricing a 25-basis-point Fed rate hike by January 2027.

Most Asian stocks rise as US data eases rate fears but fuels economic worries

On Aug 17, MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, while Japan’s Nikkei edged 0.4 per cent higher.

Oil prices rally, US data dents chances of Fed rate hike

The US threatened to ramp up economic pressure on Iran, including extending a naval blockade.

US consumer inflation slows in July, giving Fed room to breathe

July’s consumer inflation figures were in line with the expectations of economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal.

Asia stocks edge higher, oil up amid Gulf confusion

Iran said on Aug 9 that a deal with Oman defining new shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz was in its final stages.

Trump renews effort to remove US Fed Governor Lisa Cook

Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve as a Fed governor, has consistently denied the allegations against her.

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