Markets seem to be finding an “equilibrium” in a strong U.S. economy, after Treasury bond rates climbed Wednesday as traders ...

Mortgage rates have been expected to decline in 2025 as the U.S. economy slows, inflation cools and the Federal Reserve continues to cut interest rates. Amid President Donald Trump's second term ...

Lowering rates in a high-growth economic scenario also risks stoking fresh inflationary pressures. Bond yields spiked ahead of Trump's inauguration, a sign that investors were weighing inflation ...

The core PCE price index, which excludes the more volatile components of gas and food, hit expectations on the nose: It rose 0.2% from November and the annual rate of underlying inflation held pat ...

I predict a stagflationary scenario with higher inflation, slower growth ... for the stock market due to the higher interest rates - multiple contraction. The recessionary scenario is negative ...

FEDERAL RESERVE HOLDS INTEREST RATES STEADY AMID INFLATION UNCERTAINTY Headline PCE showed prices for goods were flat in December, while prices for services rose by 3.8% from a year ago.

Between tech busts, a financial crisis and a pandemic, not to mention periods of too little inflation and too much, the nation’s central bank has used short-term interest rates, along with other ...

Interest rate expectations have fluctuated wildly in recent months, as stubborn inflation, a hot economy, and the potential impacts of President Donald Trump's policies have challenged the outlook ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s core inflation extended its decline in December 2024 as the cost of services moderated, though the gauge came in above analysts’ expectations. Core inflation ...

inflation will fall as quickly and dramatically as it rose. We've seen it happen before." In other words, prices could drop all of a sudden. Blinder also adds that raising interest rates won't be ...

Annual inflation stayed steady at 2.2% for the year to December. But despite landing slightly higher than Reserve Bank forecasts, a 50-basis-point Official Cash Rate (OCR) cut in February remains ...