Craig Torres

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he’s inclined to vote for another reduction in interest rates when officials meet later this month, though data due before then could make the case for holding them steady.

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said he's inclined to vote for another reduction in interest rates when officials meet

El gobernador de la Reserva Federal Christopher Waller, se mostró partidario de una nueva reducción de las tasas de interés en la reunión de este mes, aunque los datos que se conocerán antes podrían aconsejar mantenerlos estables.

Financial markets are focused on the last US Federal Reserve meeting for the year, but officials are keeping their cards close to their chest.

In the Fed's semi-annual report on U.S. financial stability, the second- and third-ranked concerns were escalating tensions in the Middle East and policy uncertainty.

The latest snapshot of the US labor market nudged the Federal Reserve closer to lowering interest rates later this month, but didn’t quite seal the deal with a key inflation report looming.

Federal Reserve officials capped 2024 with a third-straight interest-rate cut and a strong signal that inflation concerns are back in the fore.

Craig Torres 4 min read (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials capped 2024 with a third-straight interest-rate cut and a strong signal that inflation concerns are back in the fore.

Die US-Notenbank hat das geldpolitische Jahr zwar mit einer dritten Zinssenkung in Folge beendet, dabei jedoch zur Bestürzung der Märkte betont, dass Inflationssorgen wieder in den Vordergrund rücken.

Policymakers don't expect to reach their 2% inflation goal until 2027, so “from here on out, it is going to be much harder to get rate cuts without much further improvement on inflation.”