Fed’s Powell sees long-term damage if US debt ceiling not raised
NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) – The United States risks long-term damage if Congress does not raise the national debt ceiling, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...
Lebanon to devalue currency by 90% on Feb. 1, central bank chief says
BEIRUT, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Lebanon will adopt a new official exchange rate of 15,000 pounds per U.S. dollar on Feb. 1, central bank governor...
U.S. inflation roller coaster prompts fresh look at long-ignored money supply
NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) – The amount of money sloshing around the U.S. economy shrank last year for the first time on record, a...
ECB policymakers spar on rate outlook beyond Feb hike
Knot, Kazimir explicitly back 50 bps hike in March Lagarde sees significant, steady pace rate rise Stournaras, Visco call for caution Inflation high but falling...
Global equity funds record biggest weekly outflows in three months
Dec 9 (Reuters) – Outflows from global equity funds in the week ended Dec. 7 hit a three-month high on fears that interest rates could...
U.S. equity funds register biggest weekly outflow in about 1-1/2 years
Dec 9 (Reuters) – U.S. equity funds posted enormous outflows in the week to December 7 as investors fretted over the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes,...
NY Fed paper ties reverse repo surge to bank regulation change
Dec 2 (Reuters) – Persistently massive inflows of cash into a key Federal Reserve facility are in large part being driven by a bank liquidity...
Explainer: ECB to start offloading debt to fight inflation
FRANKFURT, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is all but certain to start offloading some of its 5 trillion euro ($5.3 trillion) bond...
Fed’s Barr: Concerned about blowback to financial system from crypto
Nov 15 (Reuters) – Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve’s top financial regulatory official, on Tuesday said he is concerned about risks from the non-bank sector,...
Fed’s Powell: ‘Soft landing’ chances have narrowed
Nov 2 (Reuters) – There remains a chance that the U.S. economy can escape a recession as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to lower...