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US interest rates

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    US inflation
    US inflation rose to 2.7% in November

    Figure matches Wall Street’s forecasts and clears way for Federal Reserve rate cut next week

    Line chart showing US inflation rate since 2021
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Global Economy
    Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

    Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Chris Giles on Central Banks
    Can robots replace humans in monetary policy? Premium content

    No, but machines are making some serious progress

    A cleaning robot beside a euro currency symbol in the atrium of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    US quantitative easing
    Even slower for even longer

    QT content

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Eurozone interest rates
    How fast will the ECB lower interest rates?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A euro sculpture in front of the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    US employment
    US economy added 227,000 jobs in November

    Rise in unemployment rate bolsters case for Federal Reserve rate cut this month

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    Powell ‘not concerned’ over risks Trump will stifle Fed independence

    US central bank chief says his institution has ‘broad support’ on Capitol Hill

    Jay Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, right, during the New York Times DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    Top Fed official warns progress on taming US inflation ‘may be stalling’

    Governor Christopher Waller says he still supports a December interest rate cut barring a surprise in the economic data

    Christopher Waller listens at an event
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Fed minutes show officials backed gradual pace of rate cuts

    FOMC members take more optimistic stance on labour market outlook at November meeting

    The Federal Reserve building in Washington
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    News in-depthMonetary policy
    US and Europe diverge on monetary policy as Trump scrambles outlook

    Big central banks’ rates trajectories part ways as Eurozone wrestles with sluggish growth

    A montage of the ECB and Fed buildings and graph lines
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    EU energy
    How ‘bumpy’ is US inflation?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    Footwear on display at Tender, an upscale clothing store in Birmingham, Michigan
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    US is vulnerable to inflation shocks, top Fed official warns

    Tom Barkin’s comments come as business braces itself for the new policies of Donald Trump’s incoming administration

    Tom Barkin
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    US economy
    Powell says Fed in no ‘hurry’ to lower interest rates further

    Central bank chair warns path to a reduction in inflation will be ‘bumpy’

    Jay Powell
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    How markets might be wrong about Trump Premium content

    Plus the long and winding road of disinflation

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  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    US inflation
    US inflation rises to 2.6%

    October figure comes as Federal Reserve debates how quickly to lower interest rates

    Line chart showing annual per cent change in US CPI
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    LexUS Treasury bonds
    Treasury yields are red flag for markets’ Trump euphoria Premium content

    Markets look through near-term loosening to medium-term picture for inflation and growth

    President-elect Donald Trump
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    Markets
    Is US inflation on the rise?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A view of the Federal Reserve building in Washington
  • Saturday, 9 November, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    Trump warned against meddling with Federal Reserve’s independence

    Any effort by president-elect to interfere in interest rate policy could destabilise markets

    Jay Powell, left, and Donald Trump, in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 2 2017
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    US equities
    Trump election win spurs US stocks to strongest week in a year

    S&P 500 breaks through 6,000 for first time

    A trader looking at one of his monitors at the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    US economy
    US economy could ‘overheat’ under Trump, warns bond giant Pimco

    CIO Dan Ivascyn says interest rate cuts could be paused and stocks look vulnerable after post-election rally

    Dan Ivascyn during a television interview
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    The Fed talks about not talking about Trump Premium content

    Jay Powell sets some limits

    Jay Powell speaks at an event
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    Fed cuts interest rates as Powell says he will not resign as chair

    US central bank lowers target range by a quarter point to 4.5%-4.75%

    The Federal Reserve building in Washington
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast29 min listen
    The Trump economy. How big? How beautiful?

    Where do Trump policies push inflation, the stock market and interest rates?

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    Trump’s fat tails Premium content

    What do we really know about him and markets?

    Trump flag
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Capital markets
    Risk assets rally but bond market views Trump victory with caution

    Analysts and investors warn tension between different aspects of president-elect’s policy add to risks of a reversal

    A trader with Trump merchandise hanging around his workspace on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on November 6 2024
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