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The Fed’s median target rate is still well above the annual pace of consumer inflation. The odds are low that Fed will cut ...

Fed policy actions contradict its stated rule to focus on the mandate most out of balance, undermining credibility and ...

Minutes from the Fed’s June policy meeting tease at a looming split over whether and when officials will resume rate cuts.

Monetarists have long believed that the Fed should pursue policies of low inflation in order to counter the effects of lower ...

"Considerable uncertainty" around timing, size, and duration of tariffs' potential impacts divides Federal Reserve officials.

Australia's central bank held its policy rate at 3.85%, saying it needed more time to assess inflation data. The Reserve ...

The United States is careening toward what may be the most inflationary policy era in over 50 years, writes Nigel Green.

If the Trump administration’s tariff policies result in higher overall inflation, a scenario that will play out in the coming ...

Key African economies are set to stake out different approaches to interest rates in the coming weeks as they gauge the ...