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Donald Trump’s policies set to cool growth and lift inflation, economists say
Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs and rush to downsize the federal government will slow US economic growth and accelerate inflation ... in a survey by the Financial Times. Economists also flagged ...
US consumer price inflation below expectations in February
US consumer price inflation data for February came in slightly below expectations across the board. However, while the Fed ...
Eurozone labour costs decelerate, as expected by policymakers
Labour costs in the Eurozone are evolving as policymakers expect and are coming down gradually over time as wage growth cools. While encouraging labour cost index data will not on its own be enough to ...
Japan struggles to adapt to an era of rising prices
The return of inflation was meant to restore a more ‘normal’ economy. But it has been a bumpy ride for both consumers and companies ...
US inflation fell more than expected to 2.8% in February
US inflation fell more than expected to 2.8 per cent in February, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates amid signs of slowing growth in the world’s largest economy.
New world disorder
Rapid action, however, is far from the agenda of the Federal Reserve, and the world’s other major central banks, faced with the prospect of falling growth and higher inflation, are all in wait-and-see ...
Was Catherine Mann right to pivot? With charts and historical enquiry, we fail to answer that question
Yes. The quickest one-member pivot in MPC history was external member William Buiter, who flipped between meetings in the late ’90s. Pointlessly, we can track the gaps between each hybird voting one ...
Weakening UK demand could help bear down on inflation, says BoE governor
The Bank of England governor said on Wednesday he had become more concerned about the possibility of weakening demand in the UK economy, a key reason he believed the country was on track for slowing ...
Cause and effect
The debate around what effect tariffs will have on the US economy has largely centred on inflation since they became a ...
US shoppers cut spending as economic outlook concerns mount
Tariffs, market volatility and political uncertainty threaten to undermine key driver of growth in world’s largest economy ...
A bad Fed Beige book notes a shift towards US stagflation
The Federal Reserve’s Beige book, published eight times a year, is one of the first pieces of data encompassing the new Trump ...
Upside risks for Japan as annual wage talks reveal strength
Long-term yields have risen sharply and we think interest rate futures markets are underestimating the likelihood that the Bank of Japan will deliver its next increase by the summer. In the past few ...