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Monetary Policy

Banking & Finance

US Fed official backs further rate cut due to weak job market

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic’s exit marks the second departure this year of a hawkish voice at the Fed.
Banking & Finance

Bostic announces retirement amid Trump push for more influence over Federal Reserve

There is no sign that we should expect a major twist in the labour picture when official jobs data is finally released.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Case for Fed pause mounts

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi also said she would not rule out a cut to Japan’s sales tax as a future option.
International

Japan PM flags watered-down fiscal goal in push to lift growth

The package will focus on measures to cushion the blow to households from rising living costs, investment in crisis management and growth areas, as well as steps to boost Japan’s defence capabilities, the draft of the outline showed.
International

Japan’s stimulus plan to urge BOJ focus on boosting growth, draft outline shows

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said she estimates inflation won’t reach the Fed’s 2 per cent target until a year or two after 2026, similar to the median estimate of the Fed’s 19 policymakers.
Banking & Finance

Federal Reserve’s Hammack says inflation a bigger concern than labour market

Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda (centre) at a monetary policy meeting with members of the policy board and government officials at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 30, 2025.
Banking & Finance

Bank of Japan keeps interest rates unchanged

While data so far has shown Japan's economy weathering the hit from US tariffs, BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda has warned that the impact could intensify in coming months.
Banking & Finance

Bank of Japan seen keeping rates on hold, yen pressure looms

Blackrock chief investment officer Rick Rieder is one of five candidates on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s shortlist of potential successors to Fed chair Jerome Powell when his term ends mid-May.
Banking & Finance

US Fed chair candidate Rieder says Powell was more hawkish than expected

The RBNZ slashed its benchmark rate by 50 basis points this month.
Banking & Finance

New Zealand central bank says rate-cut impacts on domestic economy are as expected

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