Import surge seen curbing US economic growth in fourth quarter
U.S. economic growth likely slowed in the fourth quarter as imports surged and a strike at Boeing hurt spending on aircraft, ...
ECB to look past Trump risk and push on with rate cuts
Despite US President Donald Trump's sabre-rattling, the European Central Bank is set to press on with interest rate cuts ...
Fed hold rates steady, sees inflation as 'elevated,' as Powell declines comment on Trump
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a row last year, a ...
Templeton Foreign Fund Q4 2024 Commentary
Signals from the US Federal Reserve that it intends to be cautious about further rate cuts helped drive global equities collectively lower in December 2024.
Could the Fed hold interest rates steady all year?
Some economists were saying Wednesday that the cutting cycle is over, while others think Chairman Jerome Powell’s Federal ...
Trump slams Fed after decision to hold interest rates steady
Policymakers left their benchmark rate unchanged amid signs that the economy is humming along, defying the president’s ...
Fed holds rates steady, hitting pause after series of cuts
The central bank’s decision to pause at its first meeting of 2025 followed a series of cuts that began in September to ...
Wall Street slips after the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady
U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in ...
ECB to cut interest rates, keep door open to further easing
The European Central Bank is all but certain to cut interest rates on Thursday and is likely to keep open the door to further ...
Fed chair calls for Congress to move on crypto ’regulatory apparatus’
The price of Bitcoin briefly moved above $104,000 as Jerome Powell fielded questions on crypto regulation and the Fed ...
Powell takes wait and see approach on interest rates — drawing angry response from Trump
There is so much uncertainty over potential tariffs and fiscal policy that “keeping things steady looks like the prudent move ...
Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees no hurry to cut again
The U.S. central bank held interest rates steady on Wednesday and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there would be no ...