Tue, 21-Oct-2025

According to the Fed’s Mester, inflation hasn’t crested yet

Inflation

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester says she doesn’t see evidence that inflation has peaked. She is on board with supporting a series of aggressive interest rate increases. Average hourly earnings rose by 0.3% from a month ago, slightly less than expected. While other late information focuses have shown that essentially the pace of expansion … Read more

Oil jumps on Opec+ Omicron contingency plan, trimming weekly drop

Opec

LONDON: Oil rose for the second day on Friday after Opec+ said it would meet again to review output if the Omicron Covid-19 variant impacts demand, Arab News reported. Prices were still headed for the sixth week of declines on concern a steady increase in supply from the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies including … Read more