Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world A top Federal Reserve official has warned that the US is more vulnerable to inflationary shocks than in […]
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Jay Powell backed a gradual approach to lowering interest rates, saying the US central bank does not need to be
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Donald Trump said earlier this year that if he were to be re-elected, “incomes will skyrocket, inflation will vanish completely, jobs will come roaring back and the middle class will prosper like never before”. The majority of US voters have
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. US inflation rose to 2.6 per cent in October, as the Federal Reserve debates whether to cut interest rates at
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Current and former policymakers are warning that any attempt by Donald Trump to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve in his second term as US president would destabilise the world’s largest economy and global financial markets. In his first
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The Federal Reserve is poised to lower its benchmark policy rate by a quarter-point next week, sticking to its course in the face of a distorted jobs report and uncertainty over economic policy beyond Tuesday’s US presidential election. The Federal
Economists are anticipating what they say could be one of the worst jobs reports of Joe Biden’s presidency this Friday, just four days before the US presidential election. Two deadly hurricanes and the Boeing strike will push down the headline
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An “alarming” lurch towards economic protectionism risks derailing the global economic recovery, top officials have warned as the race for
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Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Elon Musk’s pledge to dole out money to registered voters who sign his petition backing free speech
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US interest rates myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A strong US economy and mixed inflation data support a more gradual pace of interest rate cuts following a
