27 September 2024 Odds of Oct. ECB Rate Cut at 80% Following Spain, France Inflation Data

A collapse in French and Spanish inflation to below the 2.0% level makes it increasingly difficult for the European Central Bank (ECB) to forgo a consecutive interest rate cut in October.

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27 September 2024 How "The Consumer Got Her Groove Back"

Revisions to savings, consumption and income data show the U.S. consumer is in a better position than previously assumed.

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26 September 2024 ECB About to Step Up the Pace it Cuts Rates: Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank has shifted its baseline expectation for the ECB's monetary policy from a "gradual normalisation" to a "faster normalisation" scenario.

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25 September 2024 Plummeting Savings Rates "A Very Loud Warning Klaxon"

U.S. consumers are saving money at unsustainably low levels, and when they start to do so again, the economy will take a hit.

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25 September 2024 OECD Forecasts Underscore UK's Inflation Problem

New forecasts from the OECD show the UK has a problem with sticky inflation, requiring ongoing vigilance from the Bank of England.

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25 September 2024 Bank of England "Not as Restrictive" as Previously Thought: Greene

The Bank of England's Megan Greene says the interest rate policy was not as restrictive as she and her colleagues had assumed.

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24 September 2024 Speck of Light Ahead for Germany's Economy

Another poor economic survey confirms Germany's economy is likely in a recession. But those looking ahead see the potential for a turnaround.

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