US Federal Reserve - Results from #80

24 November 2022 Uncertainty Creeps into Fed Rate Outlook but Too Early to Count U.S. Dollar Out - ING

Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers were far from uninanimous in their views on how much further interest rates may need to rise in November and recent data has done little to suggest that would hav…

03 November 2022 Euro to Dollar Outlook Hangs in Balance after Fed Burns Policy Pivot Hopefuls

The Euro to Dollar rate has reversed much of its October recovery in recent trade with the help of a Federal Reserve (Fed) that has quashed market speculation about a dovish pivot or softening of t…

02 November 2022 Pound to Dollar Rate Slumps as Powell Disappoints the 'Pivot' Seekers

The Dollar strengthened in the hours following another large U.S. interest rate hike and a clear message from Chair Jerome Powell that further hikes were necessary to bring inflation lower.

02 November 2022 Summers: A Fed Pivot Would be Disastrously Premature

Advice that the Fed should consider ending its rate hiking cycle "is badly misguided" says Larry Summers.

28 October 2022 Pound to Dollar Rate Benefits after Fed's Preferred Inflation Measure Underwhelms

The Pound to Dollar exchange rate remained buoyant near the week's highs after the Federal Reserve's (Fed) preferred measure of inflation underwhelmed expectations and did nothing to persuade the m…

21 October 2022 Pound Rallies on Spectacular Yen Surge amid Reports of Japanese Intervention

The Pound to Dollar exchange rate surged into the London close on Friday amid a spectacular rally from the Japanese Yen that appeared to drive a market-wide slump in Dollar exchange rates and was f…

13 October 2022 Euro-Dollar Takes Latest U.S. Inflation Shock Better than Many Peers

The Euro did better than many others even as it fell to an October low against the Dollar after official data showed U.S. inflation accelerating further in September, inciting a sharp rally in gove…

07 October 2022 We Have Tools for Fixing Things Once They're Broken Says Fed's Waller

The Federal Reserve (Fed) has an expanded array of tools with which it could fix fractures in the financial system should its interest rate policy lead things to break and the mere existence of som…

04 October 2022 Pound Extends Rally Against Retreating Dollar after U.S. Job Vacancies Slide

The Pound to Dollar rate climbed back above 1.14 to extend a six-day recovery as U.S. exchange rates eased across the board following the release of data suggesting the number of U.S. job vacancies…

22 September 2022 Federal Reserve Forecasts Warn of Significant Further Rate Increases Ahead

U.S. interest rates were raised by three quarters of a percentage point for a third consecutive occasion in September while the Federal Reserve (Fed) also lifted its forecasts to suggest …

16 September 2022 Dollar Eases after U.S. Inflation Expectations Fall

The Pound rallied as the Dollar slipped from new highs ahead of the weekend and after a University of Michigan (UoM) survey suggested U.S. consumers' expectations of short and medium-term inflation…

15 September 2022 September Fed Decision Could See Dollar Rush Become Great Dollar Flush

  The U.S. Dollar rally of 2022 may be in its final throes and in part because there's a risk of either a Volckerian Federal Reserve (Fed) decision next Wednesday or of a market disappointment …

15 September 2022 Japanese Yen Sellers Beware: Bank of Japan Could Have the Last Laugh

The Japanese Yen was slipping again in the penultimate session of the week but recent speculation about the prospect of direct intervention by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to support the currency i…

14 September 2022 Federal Reserve's September Interest Rate Decision: Analyst and Economist Views

The latest data have vanquished hopes that U.S. inflation may be easing and are widely expected to have caused concern at the Federal Reserve barely a week out from September's interest rate decisi…

13 September 2022 Euro to Dollar Rate's Recovery Delayed but Not Necessarily Derailed

The Euro to Dollar rate sustained heavy losses after sharp increases in some U.S. inflation rates took the market by surprise but its earlier recovery from two-decade lows may have been merely dela…

09 September 2022 Japanese Yen Sellers Playing Russian Roulette with Lots of Loaded Chambers

The Japanese Yen's annual loss reached extreme levels at times this week, drawing increasingly stern protests from the Ministry of Finance, but there is a danger that market speculators drivin…

09 September 2022 Latest Fed Commentary Warns of Volckerian Fright Night Ahead for Global Markets

U.S. inflation has fallen lately but remains far too high for the Federal Reserve and with companies long overlooking its concerns when setting prices, the bank now appears to be reaching for its ‘…

26 August 2022 U.S. Dollar and the Jackson Hole Speech: Analyst and Economist Views

Dollar exchange rates fell during a keenly anticipated speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday but were quick to recover and place other currencies on the back foot as financia…

26 August 2022 Dollar Jumps after Powell Tells Jackson Hole Fed is Willing to Inflict Pain on Economy in Fight Against Inflation

The Pound to Dollar rate rallied briefly on Friday but was quick to give up its gains after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that companies and households will face a growing struggle as…

26 August 2022 Fed Likely Undeterred after Preferred Measure of Inflation Falls

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of U.S. inflation surprised on the lower side of economist expectations for July on Friday, echoing the official figures released earlier in August, although…