Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Fed wants to rose rates quickly but won’t know where to end

Jerome Powell

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is moving monetary tightening right into a higher gear. His intention sounds straightforward — elevate interest rates to “impartial,” a putting that neither spurs nor slows boom. Even in regular times, no one knows where this theoretical level is. And those are not regular times. There are accurate reasons to … Read more

Ukraine war complicates Fed’s inflation fighting effort

russia

WASHINGTON: The uncertainty created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on the global economy is piling more complexity onto the US central bank’s already tough fight to contain rising prices. Soaring energy and food costs have pushed inflation in the world’s largest economy to the highest pace in four decades, and the Federal … Read more