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  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Federal Reserve
    Powell moves to stamp out market fear of exit from loose policy

    Dovish comments from Federal Reserve chairman fail to halt increase in Treasury yields

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    Gillian Tett
    The US inflation pressure cooker may be steaming

    Investor reappraisal of rising price risks produces some surprising investment results

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    Markets InsightSteven Major
    Why US rates will continue to remain low for longer

    Despite expected stimulus hopes, bond yields do not rise with bigger deficits

  • Saturday, 26 December, 2020
    News in-depthEquities
    What can go wrong? Investors’ views on the big risks to markets in 2021

    Against a rosy consensus, dangers lurk in inflation, a virus setback, and the sheer weight of optimism

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Fed to extend debt purchases to boost flagging US economy

    Treasury buying to continue at present rate until ‘substantial further progress’ made on recovery

  • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
    The Long ViewMichael Mackenzie
    Inflation debate looms large over US market outlook

    Fed’s shift of strategy to tolerate rising prices above target was key signal for investors

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Fed keeps monetary policy steady as Covid cases rise

    Central bank holds US rates at rock-bottom levels and promises continued aid to economy

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Fed will try to keep focus on economy in post-election meeting

    Central bank unlikely to weigh in on politics but will be on hand if markets are roiled

  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    US financial regulation
    Fed officials call for tougher rules to prevent asset bubbles

    Officials worry that low interest-rate policies could encourage excessive risk-taking

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  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Fed minutes leave room for manoeuvre on interest rate policy

    Officials stressed flexibility in US central bank effort to push up inflation

  • Sunday, 20 September, 2020
    US banks
    US banks trim expectations in era of low interest rates

    New Fed policy overshadows positive news on credit performance and capital markets

  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    News in-depthFederal Reserve
    Fed fleshes out new monetary policy — to mixed reviews

    US central bank says interest rates will not rise until inflation exceeds 2 per cent ‘for some time’

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    Central banks
    Fed urged to back up new dovish policy with action

    Investors look for guidance from US central bank as hopes of fiscal stimulus to prop up economy fade

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    On Wall StreetColby Smith
    The Fed’s quest for higher inflation looks doomed without Congress

    Chair Powell wants prices to pick up, but needs support in the form of fiscal stimulus

  • Thursday, 3 September, 2020
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    The Fed abandons the idea low unemployment stokes inflation

    The Phillips Curve isn’t dead, it just smells funny.

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    News in-depthFederal Reserve
    Fed inflation shift raises questions about past rate rises

    If US central bank could turn back time, it might have acted differently after financial crisis

  • Thursday, 27 August, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Fed to tolerate higher inflation in policy shift

    Jay Powell announces move in virtual address at Jackson Hole monetary policy symposium

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
    Markets InsightLotta Moberg
    Today’s ultra-low interest rates are anything but ‘natural’

    Policymakers who have cut rates repeatedly should not be let off the hook so easily

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Fed advances policy review on ‘very elevated’ uncertainty

    Policymakers warn about impact of coronavirus outbreaks and waning fiscal stimulus

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    News in-depthFT Alphaville
    Wix: couponless cloud-cuckoo convert

    It’s all about rates, really.

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    US economy
    Fitch cuts US outlook as federal deficit climbs

    Rating agency predicts government debt will reach 130% of gross domestic product in 2021

  • Friday, 31 July, 2020
    US Treasury bonds
    US real yields hit minus 1% as economic outlook darkens

    Investors pile into safe government bonds as coronavirus surge continues

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Federal Reserve
    Fed plans for ‘the worst’ as it waits for Congress to act

    Dovish central bank signals concerns about impact of coronavirus surge on US recovery

  • Wednesday, 29 July, 2020
    ExplainerFederal Reserve
    Five things to watch from the Federal Reserve meeting

    Wall Street analysts say investors want US central bank to sound ‘very dovish’

  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    Robin Harding
    Rage against central banks is misdirected

    The real problem is a declining natural rate of interest through demographic shifts and lower productivity growth

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