World’s Emergency-Lending Capacity Is Getting Stretched as Crises Deepen
WASHINGTON—Rapidly rising interest rates are squeezing the flow of private capital to the world’s poorest countries. The problem is that...
Interest Rates
Fed’s Evans Says Rates Will Need to Remain at Higher Levels
The Federal Reserve will need to hold interest rates high enough to slow the economy after it lifts them through...
Fed’s Inflation Fight Has Some Economists Fearing an Unnecessarily Deep Downturn
Some economists fear the Federal Reserve—humbled after waiting too long to withdraw its support of a booming economy last year—is...
Fed’s Lael Brainard Warns on Inflation, Financial Stability Risks
A senior Federal Reserve official warned of the risks that additional inflationary shocks could lead the central bank to raise...
Mortgage Rates Rise to 6.7%, Highest Since 2007
Mortgage rates rose to their highest level in more than 15 years, a new high since the 2008-09 financial crisis...
British Pound, Bonds Roiled as Tax-Cut Plans Spook Investors
LONDON—The U.K.’s beleaguered pound hit its lowest-ever level against the U.S. dollar before recovering slightly Monday, as investors worried about...
Central Banks May Stoke Risks by Raising Interest Rates Together
Central banks around the world are raising their key interest rates in the most widespread tightening of monetary policy on...
World’s Central Banks Race to Raise Rates After Fed Increase
LONDON—Central banks around the world moved Thursday to combat the effects of a soaring dollar and rising inflation, joining the...
How the Fed’s Rate Increase Will Hit Americans’ Monthly Budgets
By raising rates, the Fed seeks to cool the economy and rein in inflation, which continued to run higher than...
Fed Rate Decision Sends U.S. Treasury Yields in Different Directions
Shorter-term Treasury yields ticked higher while longer-term yields fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve signaled interest rates will likely climb...
Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point for Third Straight Meeting
The decision Wednesday—unanimously supported by the Fed’s 12-member rate-setting committee—will lift its benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 3%...
Dollar’s Rise Spells Trouble for Global Economies
The U.S. dollar is experiencing a once-in-a-generation rally. For the rest of the world, that is a big problem.The dollar’s...
Fed Officials Back Another Large Rate Increase
A Federal Reserve official suggested he would support raising interest rates by another 0.75-percentage point later this month to combat...
Fed’s Powell Affirms Need to Act Strongly to Fight Inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank is squarely focused on bringing down high inflation to prevent it...
New Dallas Fed Chief Puts Inflation Fight on Front Burner
Lorie Logan in her first comments as leader of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on Wednesday said she agreed...
Fed’s Williams Says Rates Will Stay High for a While
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Tuesday that the U.S. central bank will need to push...
Fed’s Bullard Leans Toward Favoring 0.75-Percentage-Point September Rate Rise
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said Thursday he is considering support for another large rate rise...
Wall Street Bets the Fed Is Bluffing in High-Stakes Inflation Game
Wall Street thinks it’s bluffing.This could spell trouble for both of them. Markets pummeled by the Fed’s rate increases in...
U.S. Home-Sales Report for July Comes as Housing Market Cools
The National Association of Realtors’ July report on existing-home sales will cap a week of figures that so far have...
Fed Officials See Need for Continued Interest-Rate Increases, but Less Certainty Over Destination
Federal Reserve officials agreed at their monetary-policy meeting last month they needed to keep raising interest rates enough to lower...
