By Nevzat Devranoglu NEW YORK/ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey is committed to achieving disinflation, central bank chief Hafize Gaye Erkan told investors on Thursday while anticipating the completion of the monetary policy tightening cycle…
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -What if the “last mile” is a breeze? Despite what seems like euphoria about disinflation and interest rate easing, it’s also fashionable to speak of the hard…
By Wayne Cole (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Asia has been in a contemplative mood so far on Friday after another…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Attention in Asia on Wednesday turns to Chinese inflation data, with investors…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A recent surge in U.S. productivity has underscored Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s emerging narrative for how inflation may continue to decline even amidst sustained job…
(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said a cooling — but not faltering — labor market is playing a leading role in helping slow inflation, among a raft of factors imposing…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. consumer prices rose modestly in June and registered their smallest annual increase in more than two years as inflation continued to subside, but probably not fast enough…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A volte face in Treasury yields has improved investors’ mood considerably this week as excitement about U.S. disinflation…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Last week’s bond market storm calmed somewhat on Monday, but the interest rate horizon now relies heavily on…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil faces challenges in consolidating disinflation despite progress made so far, central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Wednesday, again highlighting concerns with rising inflation expectations. During his…
PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard, an early and vocal supporter within the U.S. central bank of rapid interest-rate hikes to beat back soaring inflation,…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Stock markets seem determined to see a glass half full in assessing the foggy growth and inflation outlook,…
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday the process of weakening inflation is still happening slowly but it is unclear what impact the latest round of banking sector trouble…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The explosion of banking stress has reshaped the entire U.S. interest rate map, wiping expectations of further Federal…
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s decision to raise interest rates shows the crisis-hit country’s commitment to reducing inflation quickly towards single-digit levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Continued Federal Reserve rate increases will “lock in” slowing inflation even with continued economic growth, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday. Bullard…
By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Financial markets this week latched on to what U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called “most welcome” disinflation, betting it signals the central bank’s war on…
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Push back? What push back? The main theme ahead of the Fed…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. It will likely take a big surprise in Thursday’s critical U.S. inflation update to knock markets off their…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. As scrambling relief rallies go, that was a whopper. Now the hard thinking sets it. The sheer scale…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – The bond market is pricing in a sharp deceleration in inflation over the next year, as aggressive tightening by the Federal Reserve to counter the steepest…