[ad_1] Jan. 11, 2024 10:56 am ET It matters that inflation is lower now than it was a year ago. It also matters that people’s inflation expectations are moving lower.…
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Americans Have Started to Believe Inflation Is Cooling
[ad_1] Jan. 11, 2024 10:56 am ET It matters that inflation is lower now than it was a year ago. It also matters that people’s inflation expectations are moving lower.…
2024 Could Be the Year of the Yen
[ad_1] The Japanese yen has been one of the worst performing currencies of the past couple of years. It could do better in 2024. The yen has lost around 20%…
Transcript: Fed Chief Powell’s Postmeeting Press Conference
[ad_1] Dec. 13, 2023 5:01 pm ET|WSJ Pro Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell discussed why the central bank held its benchmark federal-funds rate steady again during a press conference Wednesday…
BOJ Should Raise Interest Rates Before Next Summer, Suntory CEO Says
[ad_1] TOKYO—Takeshi Niinami, chief executive of beverage maker Suntory Holdings and the head of a Japanese business lobby, called on the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates, saying it…
Outsize Profits Helped Drive Inflation. Now Consumers Are Pushing Back.
[ad_1] Extraordinary corporate profits were a driving force in last year’s surge in inflation, a pressure that is now easing rapidly as customers push back. Across industries and regions, there…
Credit Suisse intervention avoided ‘financial crisis,’ Swiss National Bank chairman says
[ad_1] The Swiss National Bank supplied a massive lifeline to stricken lender Credit Suisse after a collapse in shareholder and investor confidence led to massive customer outflows. The SNB injected…
The World’s Largest Buyer of U.S. Debt Isn’t Going Away
[ad_1] Could the largest foreign buyer of American debt suddenly stop buying? Here is a comforting thought: This problem is probably already behind us. At a time when government issuance…
UK’s Jeremy Hunt raises benefits and freezes alcohol duty in major budget announcement
[ad_1] Hunt confirms £4.5 billion for British manufacturing Hunt confirms the pre-announced £4.5 billion in funding for British manufacturing to boost investment in eight sectors across the U.K., available for…