News about the Fed

The central bank watch intensifies this week with policy meetings in Japan and the US. Both are more about signals on future rate measures rather than immediate actions. We also have @ECB and, especially, #FederalReserve officials scheduled to speak Lots to look for on the data…

From the @WSJ article, "Americans Really, Really Hate #Inflation—and That’s a Big Problem for the #Fed: The Fed for years has targeted 2% inflation. Some economists think 4% would give the Fed more room to get out of downturns." #economy #markets #federalreserve #econtwitter pic.twitter.com/his62jzVRI

Global central banks: We're cutting rates. Fed: We'll wait until revisions tell us we're too late.

Will elevated interest rates trigger a recession in the US? Real rates, which are rates adjusted for inflation, have risen to 2.5%, the highest since the 2008 Financial Crisis. In just 2 years, they have increased by 8 percentage points since the -5.5% low. Over the last 40… pic.twitter.com/qAPET9fzLz