Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Inflationary pressures are fueling bets on faster Fed rate hikes

Fed

Fed policymakers had already all but promised half-point interest rate hikes at their meeting next week and again in late July. That would be more policy tightening in the space of three months than the Fed did in all of 2018. The central bank could even ditch its own forward guidance. Tenaciously hot U.S. expansion … Read more

Saudi inflation rate rises for third consecutive month

Saudi inflation

RIYADH: Annual inflation rate in Saudi Arabia hit 1.1 per cent in November, up from 0.8 per cent in the previous month, Arab News quoted Gastat report, as saying. This is the highest level since June and the third month in a row in which inflation rate rose, yet it remains within analysts’ expectations. Specifically, … Read more