Economists fear Fed rate cuts could be a problem
Pedestrians walk past a currency exchange shop in central Tokyo on April 17, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Rapid interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve …
Central banking
10-year Treasury yield rebounds from lowest level in more than a year
Treasury yields bounced back on Tuesday as investors closely monitored a reversal of the previous day’s global market sell-off. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note traded more than …
Trump promises lower interest rates, Fed chair Powell responds
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on a panel of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. July 31, 2024. Vincent …
How Japan’s yen could be ripping through U.S. stocks
A man walks past an electronic quotation board displaying the exchange rate for the Japanese yen against the US dollar in Tokyo on August 2, 2024 Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp …
BOE rate cut brings relief to homeowners as UK lenders slash mortgages
A row of traditional houses on a street in London’s Muswell Hill suburb, located to the north of London, with views of the Canary Wharf on the horizon. Georgeclerk | …
Bank of England’s rate cut is on a knife-edge
The Bank of England in the City of London. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — Inflation in the U.K. may have come in directly on the …
Banks get bullish on the British pound
LONDON — With sterling as one of the best performing major currencies so far this year, analysts at various investment banks believe that the British pound still has more room …
What that means for you
Customer shopping for school supplies with employee restocking shelves, Target store, Queens, New York. Lindsey Nicholson | UCG | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Now, as the central bank …
Japan confirms $36.8 billion yen intervention as BOJ hikes rates
New Japanese 1000 Yen banknote on display inside the Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan’s Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies. The new banknotes will start to circulate from …
Euro zone inflation, July 2024
People shopping at the downtown market, Cour Lafayette, in Toulon, on July 27, 2024. Magali Cohen / Hans Lucas | Afp | Getty Images Headline inflation in the euro zone …