New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Wednesday that the recent surge in Treasury yields is the product of a strong economy, not market dysfunction.
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Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Tuesday he would be prepared to support an interest rate hike if inflation doesn't ease.
Just a few carefully chosen words from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh convinced markets that he was serious about inflation and ready to recommend an interest rate hike in just a few weeks.
Kevin Warsh's keynote speech at the central bank's annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. has altered investors' outlook for an interest rate hike in September after the Fed chairman said he was committed to fighting inflation.
Federal Reserve officials indicated at their last meeting that they would need to raise interest rates soon unless there was more progress on bringing down inflation, minutes released Wednesday showed.
BEIJING — Chinese government bonds can play an important role in portfolio diversification as they are likely to continue behaving differently from other countries' debt, strategists say.
The U.S. economy surprisingly shed jobs in July, and it's leading investors to think that an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September is increasingly unlikely.
Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Anna Paulson said Tuesday that she thinks the current level of interest rates is sufficient to keep inflation moving toward the central bank's goal.