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Fed's Waller calls for December rate cut, as hawks press for policy pause

What’s next for the US and China, two economic powerhouses and global markets?
Podcasts

US-China tango, Fed cuts & QT end and Dr Copper’s pulse

In an extraordinary intervention, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly prodded the Bank of Japan to keep raising interest rates.
Opinion & Features

Bessent shows US will baulk at any dollar rebound

Many Wall Street economists are raising their growth forecasts in 2026, while Fed chief Powell's impression of the US economy remains rosy.
Opinion & Features
NEWS ANALYSIS

Powell’s warning to investors and lenders: The Fed won’t spoil the markets any longer

Markets are awaiting the nomination of Fed chair Jerome Powell’s successor after Thanksgiving.
Companies & Markets

Asian markets to expect short-term pressure from Fed rate cut: analysts

Nomura had previously expected a 25-basis point (bp) interest rate cut in December.
Banking & Finance

Nomura expects no more Fed rate cuts in 2025 after October easing

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

Powell, however, showed little concern over price pressures, saying he still believed inflation was “on its way to 2 per cent”.
Global Enterprise

US Fed cuts rates by 0.25%, Powell signals December move ‘far from’ certain

“We’re not going to have a Fed that’s going to raise interest rates because they’re worried about inflation in three years from now,” US President Donald Trump said.
Global Enterprise

Trump renews attack on Fed, accuses Powell of being too slow on rate cuts

Jerome Powell has signalled earlier this month that the Federal Open Market Committee remained focused on threats to the labour market.
Banking & Finance

Fed to cut rates, but with no added signal

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