Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time Since 2018
The Federal Reserve said it would lift interest rates and penciled in a series of further increases this year aimed...
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Economy Week Ahead: Retail, Central Banks, Home Sales
The Fed is looking to cool demand and control inflation. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS By WSJ staff March 13, 2022 3:00...
Economy Week Ahead: Trade, ECB, Inflation
U.S. inflation data highlights this week’s docket of regularly scheduled economic releases. Official reports won’t yet fully capture growing economic...
U.S. Economy Grew Modestly Amid Omicron Surge, Fed Beige Book Says
The U.S. economy grew at a modest to moderate pace from mid-January through early February as the Omicron variant of...
Fed Interest-Rate Decision Tees Up March Increase
The Federal Reserve signaled it would begin steadily raising interest rates in mid-March, its latest step toward removing stimulus to...
Economy Week Ahead: China GDP, U.S. Housing
A man passed through Beijing’s central business district late last year. Photo: greg baker/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By WSJ Staff Jan....
Economy Week Ahead: Eurozone Manufacturing, U.S. Jobs Report
A worker checked bodywork at the Iveco plant in Suzzara, Italy, in December. The state of European manufacturing will be...
WSJ News Exclusive | Biden Eyes Raskin as Top Fed Banking Regulator
President Biden is considering Sarah Bloom Raskin for a top role at the Federal Reserve as part of a slate...
Fed Dials Back Bond Purchases, Plots End to Stimulus by June
The central bank approved plans to begin scaling back its bond-buying stimulus program this month and end it by June,...
Economy Week Ahead: Central Banks, GDP, Consumer Spending
U.S. consumer spending is expected to have advanced in September. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images By WSJ Staff Oct. 24, 2021...
Fed’s Quarles Says More Fiscal Stimulus Could Let Transitory Inflation Continue Too Long
A top Federal Reserve official said he expected elevated inflation pressures to decline without requiring a more aggressive response by...
Democrats Try to Salvage IRS Bank-Account Reporting With Scaled-Back Plan
Democrats scaled back a proposal that would require banks to send more information about customers’ accounts to the IRS in...
Economy Week Ahead: Housing, Inflation and the Fed
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s remarks at the central bank’s Jackson Hole economic symposium on Friday cap off a full...
Biden Asks Congress to Extend Federal Eviction Moratorium
President Joe Biden believes Congress must extend the moratorium. Photo: erin scott/Reuters July 29, 2021 11:10 am ET The Biden...
Economy Week Ahead: The Fed, U.S. GDP, Eurozone GDP
The Federal Reserve’s policy meeting and U.S. economic-growth figures are the focus this week. MONDAY U.S. new-home sales are expected...
Low-Income Lending Rules Set for Broad Overhaul
Top U.S. banking regulators on Tuesday said they would work jointly to modernize rules governing how banks lend hundreds of...
Economy Week Ahead: Housing, Jobless Claims, ECB
U.S. home builders have been caught between strong buyer demand and higher materials costs and difficulty securing lots and labor....
How China Is Helping to Damp Global Inflation
HONG KONG—As China’s factory-gate prices soared this year, investors worried the country would become a new source of inflation for...
Economy Week Ahead: U.S. Consumers, Fed Testimony, China GDP
Inflation is the focus this week with a U.S. report on consumer prices and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony...
