Powell Says Fed Is on Track to Raise Rates in Two Weeks
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he would propose a quarter-percentage point rate increase at the central bank’s meeting in...
Interest Rates
Fed Officials Lean Against Expectations of Half-Point Increase in March
Federal Reserve officials pushed back Friday against the prospect that they would begin raising interest rates next month with a...
Fed Eyeing Potential for Faster Rate Increases to Ease Inflation
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month discussed an accelerated timetable for raising interest rates, beginning with an anticipated...
Strong Jobs Report Points to Likely Fed Rate Rises in March and May
A steady gain in hiring last month keeps the Federal Reserve on track to lift interest rates next month and...
Stock Market Jitters Don’t Endanger Economy Yet
The past few weeks of stock market turmoil don’t mean the economy is about to be derailed, but rather that...
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...
U.S. Existing-Home Sales Reached a 15-Year High of 6.1 Million Last Year
U.S. home sales surged to a 15-year high in 2021, powered by low borrowing rates and an intense buyer demand...
China Seeks to Cushion Blow of Economic Pain as Momentum Slows
HONG KONG—Last year, Chinese policy makers shook up the world’s second-largest economy just as its rebound from the pandemic was...
Fed Releases Transcripts of 2016 Policy Meetings
Transcripts released by the Federal Reserve on Friday revealed the extent of officials’ 2016 debate over how fast to move...
Fed’s Powell Says Economy No Longer Needs Aggressive Stimulus
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell called high inflation a “severe threat” to a full economic recovery and said Tuesday the...
Fed Minutes Reflect Growing Unease Over High Inflation
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month eyed a faster timetable for raising interest rates this year amid greater...
Powell Warns Elevated Inflation Justifies Faster Reduction of Bond Purchases
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank would consider accelerating the reduction of its asset purchases at its...
Eurozone Inflation Likely Hit Record High in November
Consumer-price inflation in the eurozone likely hit a record high in November, but many economists think that might mark a...
Fed Officials Debated Inflation Concerns, Taper Pace at November Meeting
Federal Reserve officials expressed greater concern at their meeting earlier this month about how long inflation would stay elevated and...
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,...
Central Banks Fuel New Bets on Tighter Money as Inflation Rises Globally
Stubbornly high inflation across more wealthy economies last week prompted a shakeout in bond markets as investors began expecting central...
Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Gets $200 Million Bounty for Tip on Libor Misconduct
A whistleblower whose information helped U.S. and U.K. regulators investigate manipulation of global interest-rate benchmarks by Deutsche Bank AG was...
Range of Fed Officials Say Time for Bond-Buying Taper Is Near
Several Federal Reserve officials said Friday the time is likely to arrive soon when the U.S. central bank will be...
Banks Weigh Alternatives to Libor Replacement as Companies Seek Longer-Term Rates
Some big banks are evaluating if the reference rate that is backed by regulators as the best replacement for the...
Powell Says Fed Still Expects Inflation to Ease
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank wouldn’t hesitate to raise interest rates to keep inflation under control...
