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Interest rate hikes
What's Fed Chair Powell trying to tell us about future interest rate hikes?
Jun 21, 2023
Jerome Powell has stuck to the same script on whether more interest rate increases are coming — but that script has a cliffhanger ending.
Can ChatGPT decode what the Federal Reserve is saying?
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Janet Nguyen
May 5, 2023
We ran some of the statements Fed Chair Jerome Powell made at his press conference this week.
It's been one year since the Fed started raising interest rates to curb inflation
Mar 23, 2023
Back then it seemed like inflation might be what economists call "transitory." But here we are.
"Financial conditions" are closely watched by the Fed — and at the moment, very complicated
Mar 16, 2023
"Financial conditions" lately have been anything but simple.
Fed lifts rate by a quarter-point and signals more hikes ahead
Feb 1, 2023
The increase is smaller than previous rate hikes but marks the Fed's eighth hike since March in its fight to tame inflation.
Should the Federal Reserve slow interest rate hikes?
Jan 19, 2023
We don’t yet know if the Fed's rate hikes have fully shown up in the economy. That could take many months.
Fed hikes key rate by a half-point and signals more to come
Dec 14, 2022
Though smaller than its previous three-quarter-point hikes, the move will further heighten the costs of many consumer and business loans.
For public good, not for profit.
What the stock market is signaling about the future of the economy
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Justin Ho
Oct 19, 2022
The ups and downs of the stock market don't always predict the future of the economy. But stocks can give us some clues about where investors think the economy is headed.
Why a Fed interest rate hike is bad news for poorer countries
Sep 21, 2022
A stronger U.S. currency is not so great when both your debt and the commodities you need to buy are both priced in dollars.
Why has it taken so long for savings account interest rates to start rising?
Sep 16, 2022
The national average is still a paltry 0.13%, according to Bankrate, even as the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates.