Investor sentiment toward intermediate-term Treasury bonds may be changing. Schwab Asset Management’s David Botset is seeing more flows into bonds with maturity rates typically between three and five years â and sometimes out to 10 years. “People are starting to realize that we’re kind of at the peak of interest rate increases,” the firm’s head … Read more
New York Federal Reserve President John Williams sees the U.S. central bank on track to cut interest rates “later this year,” despite stronger-than-expected inflation and labor market data in January, according to an interview with Axios. “My overall view of the economy basically hasn’t changed based on one month of data,” Williams said in an … Read more
Runstudio | The Image Bank | Getty Images Credit card interest rates have ballooned to record highs in recent years â and the growing portion of the formula that generates profit for card issuers is partly to blame, according to a new analysis by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The average consumer paid a 22.8% … Read more
Mumbai: Temporary food shocks, fiscal consolidation and high real interest rates have created the scope for reduction in policy interest rates, said external members of the Monetary Policy Committee, but those from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) believe that the markets are running ahead of policy makers. Prof. J.R. Varma, who voted for a … Read more
Mumbai: Temporary food shocks, fiscal consolidation and high real interest rates have created the scope for reduction in policy interest rates, said external members of the Monetary Policy Committee, but those from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) believe that the markets are running ahead of policy makers. Prof. J.R. Varma, who voted for a … Read more
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Dec. 13, 2023. Liu Jie | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images WASHINGTON â Federal Reserve officials indicated at their last meeting that they were in no hurry to cut interest rates and expressed both optimism and caution … Read more
Kolkata: The Reserve Bank of India believes that global interest rates may have peaked while achieving the inflational target looks like a prolonged journey. In India repeated food shocks are preventing the positive impact of falling core inflation from manifesting itself in lower Consumer Price Index, the central bank said in its state of the … Read more
Blurred buses pass the Bank of England in the City of London on 7th February 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images The Bank of England is likely to hold interest rates higher for longer before slashing them more sharply than expected in the second half of the year, … Read more
Credit cards are an Achilles’ heel for many people. Collectively, Americans now owe $1.13 trillion on their cards, and the average balance per consumer is up to $6,360, both historic highs. Not only are more cardholders carrying debt from month to month but more are increasingly falling behind on payments, recent reports show. “Even though dealing with $1 … Read more
Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday for a second straight day as uncertainty about the pace of potential U.S. interest rate cuts and the impact on fuel demand offset worries about Middle East tensions that could disrupt supply. Brent futures edged 1 cent lower $81.99 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose … Read more
