Inflation

Goldman Sachs executive Beth Hammack named next president of Cleveland Fed

Expert on financial markets will be a voting FOMC member this year

    Macro trends will dominate returns in 2023, hedge fund bosses say

    2023 is going to be another year where dynamic investment strategies and risk management prosper, according to hedge fund bosses

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    A recession can be avoided, but only if Americans can accept inflation

    The Fed will struggle to achieve a 'soft landing' without price rises

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    Expect the unexpected in the Bank of England’s battle with inflation

    While the UK might not have to raise rates as high as the Fed, external factors are out of its control

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    The Federal Reserve’s inflation promises just don’t add up

    Fed chair Jerome Powell needs the Biden administration to be more proactive in response to the impact of the Ukraine war

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    Abrdn speeds up pay rises to help staff earning less than £75k amid cost-of-living crisis

    Abrdn CEO Stephen Bird: 'We need people focused on their jobs, not worrying about paying the gas bill'

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    Historian Niall Ferguson says economic and political woes ‘could actually be worse than the 1970s.’

    Times could get worse due to currently lower productivity growth, higher sovereign-debt levels and less favourable demographics

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    Liz Truss faces soaring inflation, a plunging pound and ‘inevitable’ recession

    Even if Truss manages to calm the panic about the coming winter, it probably still won’t be enough to prevent the UK economy from contracting

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    Why the Fed can’t touch some of inflation’s root causes

    Fortunately, we can adopt five supply policies to reduce inflation and save plenty of jobs, income and opportunities that rate hikes might destroy

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    The challenge of monetary tightening

    The Fed’s latest interest rate hike is only one more step on the long and difficult road away from quantitative easing

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    Pound hits record low after tax-cut plan sparks sell-off

    Meanwhile, the dollar has been rising across the board

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    Bitcoin, ether dive on red-hot US inflation data

    Key consumer price data dashes hopes of Fed slowing pace of planned rate rises

    Passive funds bleed more than £700m during worst month on record

    Outflows from passive funds were almost five times larger than the previous record set in July