interest rates

The ECB could raise rates to 3% or more given upside risks to persistent above-target inflation and a higher neutral policy rate.

The RBNZ has continued to raise rates given average core inflation has been stuck above the 2% target.

Still-high underlying inflation has picked up and is running above the RBA's forecast profile.

19 companies have released results in August; these are the insights across employment, labour costs, financing conditions, and consumers.

Tech prices having swung from consistently falling over recent decades to posting large gains, although non-tech inflation is also high.

Everyone is searching for the catalyst that ends the bull market. Bell Potter's Rob Crookston doesn't think it will be Fed rate hikes.

Upside risks to global inflation from the energy shock have abated, but US inflation is still too high, pointing to higher interest rates.

The Fed now narrowly expects one rate hike this year. Policy rules point to a peak in the funds rate of about 4½% (previously around 4%).

The outlook for banks is getting tougher but real estate could get stronger as rate hikes hit a pause.

Analysis suggests there is merit to Warsh arguing that trimmed mean inflation is better than the traditional core PCE series.