By Karin Strohecker and Vincent Flasseur LONDON (Reuters) – Major central banks resumed their quest to ramp up interest rates in February after a tepid start to the year with price pressures pro[...]
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March 2, 2023
ECB’s Wunsch: Rate of 4% can’t be excluded if core inflation stays high
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank could consider raising its key interest rate as high as 4% if underlying inflation in the euro zone remains persistently high, ECB Governing Counci[...]
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Fed wrestles whether recent data a ‘blip’ or a warning on inflation
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve officials wrestled Thursday with whether recent data showing inflation, jobs and spending all hotter than expected was a[...]
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Marketmind: They get knocked down, but they get up again
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. A heavy dose of economic data on Friday, including service sector PMIs from several countries and infl[...]
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Stocks, dollar power higher on ‘slow and steady’ rate hopes
By Lawrence Delevingne and Marc Jones (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks reversed losses to end higher on Thursday, and U.S. government bond yields tempered gains, as investors digested strong economic dat[...]
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New Zealand consumer confidence slips in February -ANZ-Roy Morgan
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Consumer confidence in New Zealand fell in February compared with the prior month as households grappled with higher living costs and rising interest rates amid intense inflat[...]
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Fed’s Waller: if data stays hot, policy rate should go above 5.1%-5.4%
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – A string of “hot” data may force the U.S. central bank to raise rates higher than the 5.1%-5.4% range projected by the majority of Federal Reserve policymak[...]
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Dollar firms after U.S. labor data suggests more rate hikes
By Herbert Lash and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar strengthened on Thursday after unemployment claims pointed to a still strong U.S. jobs market and other data showed growing[...]
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Biden and EU’s von der Leyen to meet amid subsidies dispute
(Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will discuss clean energy and supply chains with President Joe Biden in Washington on March 10, the White House said, as European n[...]
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