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LONDON/NEW YORK – Bank of America (BofA) and Citi have joined a small but growing number of top investment banks calling for more aggressive interest rate increases from the U.S. …

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – U.S. credit markets saw some respite after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates last week, but the relief is expected to be short-lived as …

– Wall Street analysts and investors who believe the U.S. Fed Reserve has acted too slowly to combat high inflation are now forecasting even more aggressive rate hikes as the …

– Goldman Sachs said on Thursday that it has raised its forecasts on U.S. Treasury yields for this year, citing more broad-based and persistent price pressures and a more hawkish …

By Ann Saphir – St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard on Wednesday said U.S. policymakers need to think “bigger” and act “faster” on raising interest rates, given that …

By Mike Dolan LONDON – Tighten hard and fast now and you might just avoid triggering recession – it seems the Federal Reserve is tempted by its own playbook from …

By Mike Dolan LONDON – Tighten hard and fast now and you might just avoid triggering recession – it seems the Federal Reserve is tempted by its own playbook from …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s central bank is set to raise its benchmark interest rate this week for the seventh consecutive time, following in the footsteps of the U.S. Federal Reserve …

– Federal Reserve policymakers will consider speeding up the pace of interest rate hikes this year should high inflation not begin to abate, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on …

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – Hedge funds went into the Fed’s interest rate lift-off wagering on a stronger dollar and steeper U.S. yield curve, but have so far been …

By Ann Saphir – The Federal Reserve should raise its policy rate to the range of 1.75% to 2% this year, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Friday, and …

– Germany’s Deutsche Bank AG said on Thursday its U.S. affiliate had increased its prime lending rate by 25 basis points, mirroring moves by major Wall Street banks after the …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Federal Reserve is acting “appropriately” to tighten monetary policy and signal a higher future rate path, but the policy shift does bring risks for emerging market …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – U.S. politicians know high inflation can bring careers in public office to an early end, but it is ultimately up to the unelected officials of …

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. interest rates are on a far steeper and faster climb than previously anticipated following the Federal Reserve’s liftoff on Wednesday, bringing to an …

By Ann Saphir – Federal Reserve policymakers on Wednesday signaled much faster interest rates hikes this year than they had expected just a few months ago, getting them to about …

CAIRO -Gulf central banks on Wednesday raised their main interest rates by a quarter percentage point in lockstep with the U.S. Federal Reserve as it began a monetary tightening cycle …

By Bharat Gautam – Gold steadied on Wednesday, with a weaker dollar offsetting pressure from higher U.S. Treasury yields as investors await the first pandemic-era U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate …

LONDON – U.S five and 10-year Treasury yields rose to their highest levels in almost three years on Tuesday, ahead of a widely-anticipated rate hike from the Federal Reserve. Five-year …

– U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown said Tuesday he will move to hold a vote on four of President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve Board after …

WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday it still supported moving all five of U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominees for the Federal Reserve through a key Senate committee despite …

WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday it was working to line up bipartisan support for Federal Reserve nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin, after Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said he …

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – In what now seem the simpler days of December, when there was only a pandemic to worry about, Federal Reserve officials rallied around the view …

By Prerana Bhat and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU – There is a high risk the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by half a percentage point sometime this year, according to …

By Ann Saphir – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans on Friday said the U.S. central bank is on track to raising rates this year, though it may …