Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Fed rate hikes have consequences beyond US borders

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The Federal Reserve is ready to raise interest rates for the second time this year as it fights inflation in the United States, a decision that will have ramifications well beyond the country’s boundaries. The goal of the central bank is to restrict activity enough to keep pricing pressures under control without pushing the world’s … Read more

Possible US job boom in December lynchpin to Fed rate hikes

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WASHINGTON: The American economy is likely to saw strong job gains in the final month of 2021, which could shorten the timeline for the US central bank to raise interest rates. The Federal Reserve has been setting the stage to increase borrowing costs more aggressively to rein in growing inflation, and that prospect sent markets into … Read more