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President Donald Trump’s longstanding criticism of Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell—ironically, someone Trump appointed during his first...

Each year, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City hosts the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, attended by global central bankers, policymakers, economists, and...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept the benchmark policy rate at 5.25%-5.50% today for the seventh consecutive meeting. More significantly, the latest dot...

Fixed income specialists from PIMCO, Fidelity, and Western Asset forecast the first interest rate cuts and discuss portfolio positioning

At the January Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, the benchmark policy rate remained at 5.25%-5.50% for the fourth consecutive meeting, which was in line...

Will Powell unleash another hawkish spiel about how the Fed must 'keep at it until the job is done'?

It still raised rates despite upheaval in the banking sector

The link between oil prices and inflation isn't as clear cut as it might first appear

There’s a strong view that a global recession is avoidable, from the likes of Goldman Sachs, economists, and maybe even the US Fed.

A keen eye on the inflationary threat, rather than its own communication errors, is what the RBA (and the economy) needs right now, says Stephen Miller

The Oaktree Capital co-founder's latest memo reflects on the events and investor beliefs that led us to this point and provides some thoughts on the future.

On 30 November, Fed Chair Powell delivered a speech entitled, Inflation and the Labor Market, at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy. Markets surged...

Jerome Powell chairs the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve. His speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole Symposium disappointed and even shocked many people. It’s...

Inflation is the topic du jour. And for good reason. Inflation in the United States is at the highest level in 40 years, running at a staggering annualised rate of...

Rate hikes are an exceptionally blunt, roundabout way to kill today's inflation. US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell acknowledged as much in his address to...

Whether the US Federal Reserve moves interest rates half-a-dozen times in 2022 – or perhaps even more – one thing is certain: rates are heading higher. Just what...

Former Fed chair Janet Yellen famously said that central bank policy should be like ‘watching paint dry: uneventful, unsurprising and dull. She didn’t get her wish in...

In world markets (as in most things) Australia is a passenger rather than a driver. And that’s not always bad, especially when you're talking about the US Fed's latest...

(Sydney, September 28, 2021)—At the press conference following the release of the FOMC’s September statement, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that if...

Testifying before the US Congress in 2010, Warren Buffett made the following comment: “Basically, the single most important decision in evaluating a business is...