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US Federal Reserve

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  1. FEDERAL Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation remained too elevated due to the Middle East conflict, prompting the Fed to hike rates for the first time in three years, for reasons similar to those cited by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli Remolona Jr. for the BSP’s three rate hikes this year.

    Fed hike narrows gap with BSP policy rate

    The US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday (Thursday Philippine time), its first rate increase since 2023, as…

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  4. Rates clash US Federal Reserve chairperson Jerome Powell (left) and US President Donald Trump (right) continue a faceoff over interest rates. Using a pejorative nickname for the powerful banker, Trump posted on social media that ‘there can be a SLOWING of the economy unless Mr. Too Late, a major loser, lowers interest rates, NOW.’

    Fed seen holding off cuts anew

    The Fed has to be very focused on maintaining inflation so that it doesn’t start moving back up in a more persistent way

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  5. (FILE) President-elect Donald Trump speaks to the press in Washington, DC on 8 Jan., 2025.

    Trump goes to war with the Fed

    Donald Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell over rate cut demands, risking a clash that could shake U.S. markets and challenge the central bank’s…

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  8. Fed exec signals rate cuts coming

    Fed exec signals rate cuts coming

    There may be employment risks, but Waller added that there is ‘substantial evidence that the economy retains the strength and momentum to keep growing,…

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