By David Morgan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit on Thursday, amid a standoff between the Republican-controlled House of Represe[...]
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January 20, 2023
Fed’s Waller, citing “good news,” backs quarter-point increase at next meeting
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, one of the leading inflation hawks and an advocate last year of aggressive rate increases, supports scal[...]
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Kenya inflation to fall back within target in Q1 -cenbank governor
By Divya Chowdhury and Lisa Pauline Mattackal DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Kenya’s central bank expects inflation to fall within its target range during the first quarter of 2023 and is[...]
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Mexican central banker says ‘it is clear’ economy is slowing
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s economy is slowing, Bank of Mexico deputy governor Jonathan Heath said on Friday after official data showed economic activity shrank in November and Decemb[...]
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Hedge fund industry lost $125 billion worth of assets in 2022 – HFR
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Almost $125 billion worth of assets, from performance losses left the hedge fund industry in 2022, Hedge Fund Research (HFR) data showed on Friday in the lat[...]
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Smaller Fed rate increase may augur end to ‘ongoing’ hikes
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is set to again slow the pace of its interest rate increases at a Jan. 31-Feb. 1 policy meeting while also signaling that its battl[...]
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ECB’s Holzmann expects at least two rate increases in H1 -newspaper
VIENNA (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymaker Robert Holzmann expects at least two interest-rate increases of 50 basis points each in the first half of this year, he said in an interview[...]
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European stocks end lacklustre week higher
By Ankika Biswas, Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – European shares closed higher on Friday but marked weekly losses as investors took a cautious view of the earnings season an[...]
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Davos 2023: China reopening? Good for growth, but tread with caution
By Brenda Goh and Lananh Nguyen DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – China’s declaration that it is open for business was welcomed by attendees at the World Economic (WEF) as a likely boost to g[...]
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