stagflation
Dimon warns of US stagflation risk, says Fed right to hold
Trump’s chaotic tariff announcements and efforts to shrink or shutter government agencies have stoked concerns about trade, inflation, unemployment and a potential recession
Treasuries star as haven bet even as Trump fans stagflation woes
SHELL-SHOCKED investors are piling into US Treasuries on concern that Donald Trump’s trade war will trigger a worldwide recession - ignoring for now, at least, the risk that the same punitive tariffs ...
Trump trade upheaval leaves foreign central banks guessing
[WASHINGTON] Slowing economic growth mixed with a bout of renewed inflation risks moving the US from global overachiever to a drag on the rest of the world as foreign central banks and others confront...
Tariff turmoil and the Fed: A stagflation minefield
[Claremont, California] After a prolonged period of interest rate hikes to curb inflation, the Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate at a two-decade high of 5.5 per cent from July 2023 to August...
UK stagflation risk adds pressure on Reeves after market volatility
BRITISH inflation figures will be closely watched on Wednesday as a sharp jump in government borrowing costs, concerns about domestic and global price pressures and a weak economy put growing pressure...
Bank of England set to skip rate cut as stagflation looms
THE Bank of England (BOE) is likely to warn of only gradual interest-rate cuts in 2025, ending the year with a cautious message to investors as the spectre of stagflation – anaemic growth and sticky i...
Yellen says US economy unlikely to see ‘stagflation’
THE US economy is not expected to see stagflation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that most forecasters expect inflation to cool as housing costs m...
The ‘misery effect’ is back with a vengeance as US labour strikes take a toll
IT FEELS like the 80s all over again these days, with labour fights, wage-price spirals and misery everywhere.
Stagflation risk in India remains low despite recent jump in prices
The risk of stagflation, a period of weak growth and high inflation, remains low in India despite a sharp uptick in prices, the Reserve Bank of India said in its August bulletin on Thursday (Aug 17).
Goldman Sachs planning for sluggish growth, higher inflation
Goldman Sachs Group is planning for a period of sluggish growth and higher inflation, the bank’s president John Waldron said on Thursday (Jun 8), calling it “a mini-stagflation scenario”. There will b...
