NEPTUNE, NJ — Senate Republican Budget Officer Declan O’Scanlon is calling Neptune’s largest-ever property tax increase the direct result of Democratic leadership in Trenton slashing … Read more
TRENTON — A coalition of more than a dozen public sector unions representing over 140,000 New Jersey workers is pushing back against Governor Phil Murphy’s … Read more
Rutgers University’s Board of Governors on Tuesday approved a $5.9 billion operating budget for the 2025–2026 academic year, including a 5% tuition increase for in-state … Read more
Mikie Sherrill blames ‘Big Oil’ and red tape for looming 20 percent New Jersey energy hike hints at summer blackouts and advises residents to use … Read more
TRENTON, N.J. — State Farm Insurance has notified policyholders in New Jersey of a potential overall rate increase of up to 147% for its Personal … Read more
NEWARK, N.J. — Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) has amended its May 7 filing with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) … Read more
JACKSON, N.J. — The Jackson Board of Education last Thursday unanimously rejected a proposal from the New Jersey Commissioner of Education that would have allowed … Read more
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Jackson Township Council is voicing strong opposition to Jersey Central Power & Light’s (JCP&L) proposed 17-20% electricity rate increase set … Read more
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Fire commissioner candidates Rick Tutela and Michael Hopson are campaigning on a platform of maintaining stable fire taxes and supporting volunteer … Read more
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants America to adopt a financial system equal to the country of Denmark where citizens pay 55.9% income … Read more
TRENTON, NJ—New Jersey State Senator Mike Testa took to Twitter to voice his strong dissatisfaction with the current state of NJ Transit, urging the Biden … Read more
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari said on Monday that given the surprising resilience of the U.S. economy, the Fed … Read more
(Reuters) – Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Thursday said that while it “could be appropriate” to skip an interest-rate increase at the … Read more
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Karin Strohecker ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s latest massive interest rate hike has caught the attention of long-sceptical foreign investors who say … Read more
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING (Reuters) – Beating inflation will probably require one more U.S. interest-rate hike and then going on … Read more
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Karin Strohecker ANKARA/LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s latest massive interest rate hike has caught the attention of long-sceptical foreign investors who say … Read more
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Wednesday said he is concerned about the lack of progress on inflation, and while skipping an interest rate hike … Read more
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve officials remain set to raise interest rates at their May 2-3 meeting but key data between … Read more
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A semblance of banking calm has allowed markets to pick a … Read more
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A stubborn surge of inflation has caused central banks worldwide to adapt monetary policy to protect people and businesses from price … Read more
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s central bank debated a larger interest rate hike at its last board meeting in December, with one board member saying the … Read more
Biden Admin To Hike Fees On Legal Immigrants To Fund Processing Of Illegal Migrants Who Claim Asylum Jennie Taer on January 4, 2023 The Biden … Read more
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan (BOJ) must make its monetary policy framework more flexible and stand ready to raise its … Read more
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s central bank is set to raise its key interest rate this week at its final meeting of the … Read more
By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank will go for another jumbo 75 basis point increase to its deposit and refinancing rates … Read more
By Balazs Koranyi and Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – The European Central Bank must continue to raise interest rates quickly to tame inflation and could … Read more
By Prerana Bhat and Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will deliver another 75-basis-point interest rate hike next week and likely hold its … Read more
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s economic growth this quarter is expected to be higher than the 5.44% rate in Q2, even with a potential fuel price … Read more
By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) – Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester on Saturday said she would base her … Read more
By Cynthia Kim SEOUL – South Korea’s residential property prices are likely to drop by up to 2.8% in two years with a full percentage … Read more
By Arsh Tushar Mogre BENGALURU – The Reserve Bank of India will hike its key interest rate on Friday, economists polled by Reuters said, but … Read more
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – A corporate minimum tax proposed this week in a congressional spending bill would not bring the United States into compliance … Read more
BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank is highly likely to raise its key policy rate at its August meeting, an official said on Friday, as its … Read more
Manchin’s Spending Bill Shafts Coal Miners With Massive Tax Hike Jack McEvoy on July 28, 2022 Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the nation’s … Read more
By Alex Lawler and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON – OPEC and its allies will consider keeping oil output unchanged for September when they meet next week, … Read more
TAIPEI – Several board members of Taiwan’s central bank suggested that it could make an off-cycle rate hike before the next scheduled meeting in September, … Read more
By William Schomberg LONDON – The Bank of England must decide next week whether to join the ranks of central banks rushing out their biggest … Read more
By William Schomberg LONDON -Britain’s businesses grew at their slowest pace in 17 months in July and inflation pressures eased, according to an industry survey … Read more
By Prerana Bhat BENGALURU – The U.S. Federal Reserve will opt for another 75 basis point rate hike rather than a larger move at its … Read more
‘Impossible Situation’: Europe Faces Recession, Debt Crisis As Rate Hike Looms Max Keating on July 20, 2022 The European Central Bank (ECB) will announce its … Read more
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM – All six rate setters at the Bank of Israel supported raising the benchmark interest rate by 0.5 point to 1.25% … Read more
By Julie Gordon and Divya Rajagopal OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada’s surprise jumbo interest rate hike this week has jolted highly indebted consumers, who … Read more
(Reuters) – St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard would prefer to lift interest rates by 75 basis points at the central bank’s next meeting … Read more
A look at the day ahead in markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. After staring parity against the dollar in the face for days, the euro finally … Read more
MANILA – The Philippine economy continues to be robust to absorb the 75 basis points increase in the central bank’s benchmark interest rates, given an … Read more
NEW YORK – Futures on the federal funds rate have increased the chances of a full percentage-point hike at the Federal Reserve meeting later this … Read more
By Shaloo Shrivastava and Cynthia Kim (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank will deliver its first-ever 50 basis point rate rise to 2.25% on Wednesday, … Read more
NEW YORK – A deteriorating inflation situation and concern about lost faith in the Federal Reserve’s power to make it better prompted U.S. central bank … Read more
(Reuters) – Australia’s “big four” lenders raised their home loan variable interest rates on Wednesday by 50 basis points (bps) per annum, passing on the … Read more
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU – Australia’s central bank will deliver another half percentage-point interest rate hike on Tuesday as it fights to tame surging inflation, … Read more