U.S. interest rates look too high, relative to inflation. A compelling argument can be made that U.S. interest rates are higher than they “should” be relative to inflation. The implication of ...

There’s no resistance in the chart until 140–145, a zone that acted as a ceiling during the October 2023 spike. ... Here is how to know exactly when the Federal Reserve will start printing.

Officials at the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, as they brace for the effects of President Trump’s policies ...

A viral chart made the rounds again on social media around the time of the Fed meeting. This chart depicted the U.S. federal funds rate over the years, and overlays when the U.S. economy was in a ...

Investors watched carefully for dot plot changes, but instead got some much bigger news: Jerome Powell and the Fed see 2024 growth coming in at almost double what was expected.

US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday as investors weighed fresh consumer inflation data that looked to keep the Federal Reserve on pace for another rate cut next month. Meanwhile, bitcoin (BTC-USD ...

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, part of the 12-member Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), announced the .25 basis point rate increase from 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent—the largest level in 22 years ...

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, September 22. By Friday, the euphoria over the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut -- and subsequent Thursday melt up -- had ...

How housing numbers changed as the Fed pushed up rates The 14.5% increase in existing home sales in February was the biggest percentage change since a 22.4% increase in July 2020 that followed ...

Chart: The Economist. The Fed has already reduced its assets by about 16% to $7.5trn since the start of this round of QT in mid-2022—a ... → The Federal Reserve cleans up its money-printing mess ; ...