Charting the Global Economy: Fed Goes for Big Rate Cut as BOE Holds

The Federal Reserve kicked off its campaign to lower interest rates with a larger-than-typical half percentage-point cut, while the Bank of England decided against a second consecutive reduction. Read More

Charting the Global Economy: Key central banks hold on rates

Central banks in the US, UK, and Japan are holding steady on interest rates amidst global economic uncertainties like tariffs and geopolitical tensions. The US Federal Reserve anticipates potential ... Read More

Fed likely to leave rates unchanged as it hunts for clarity on the economy

Fed Chair Jerome Powell "has been clear that if push comes to shove, he will ensure inflation is tamed before cutting rates," Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, wrote this week. Read More

The Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged once again - NPR

The economy has done better than expected. The Fed has kept its benchmark interest rate at a 22-year high between 5.25 and 5.5% since July. Higher interest rates make it more expensive to buy a ... Read More

Charting the global economy: US employment surges to begin year

Outside of the Fed and BOE, Sweden kept interest rates unchanged and said cuts could come in the first half of the year. A trio of Latin American central banks including Brazil delivering another ... Read More

The Fed Waits Out the Tariff Economy

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is engaged in a balancing act: projecting confidence while admitting “we don’t know” what comes next. Read More