Fed Rate-Hike Bets Shift Toward December as Hot Inflation and $110 Oil Squeeze Borrowers
Price pressures in the world’s largest economy are running hotter than policymakers would like, yet the Federal Reserve appears in no rush to act. September...
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Warsh Keeps Fed’s Rate Options Open as Hot Inflation Data Fuels Hike Bets
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh declined on Friday to say whether the US central bank will raise interest rates again this month. This came just...
US Inflation Report Lands as Traders Bet the Fed Will Pause Before Raising Rates Again
Wall Street has spent the past two weeks watching two numbers: the yield on the 10-year Treasury note and the price of crude oil. On...
US Inflation Report Looms as Oil Shock Tests the Fed’s Next Rate Move
The US Labor Department is due to publish its September consumer price index at 8:30 am Eastern on Wednesday, 14 October, and few releases this...
Oil Above $100 and Bond Yields Near Multi-Decade Highs Leave the Fed Little Room to Ease
Oil has climbed back above $100 a barrel, and government bond yields are hovering close to their highest levels in more than two decades. The...
US Treasury Yields Climb to Their Highest Levels in More Than Two Decades as Fed Minutes Loom
The cost of lending to the US government rose to its highest level in more than two decades on Monday, as the benchmark 10-year Treasury...
Global Bond Yields Climb to Multi-Decade Highs as France Becomes the Market’s New Worry
Government bond markets are delivering the starkest warning in global finance this week. Borrowing costs in the United States, Britain and the euro area sit...
Oil Holds Near $100 a Barrel as Stalled US-Iran Talks Deliver Biggest Monthly Gain Since July
Oil prices are back at around $100 a barrel after their sharpest monthly rise since July, as stalled diplomacy between Washington and Tehran and tightening...
US Treasury Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002, Pushing Mortgage Rates Above 7.5%
Government bond yields in the United States have climbed to their highest levels in more than two decades, a surge that is already feeding into...
US Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982 as the Oil Shock Drags On
The United States’ emergency oil stockpile has shrunk to its lowest level in more than four decades, a stark measure of how long the Middle...