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Fed again hoping for a pain-free landing from current inflation spike

Fed again hoping for a pain-free landing from current inflation spike

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - US Federal Reserve officials, who have begun hiking interest rates to tame high inflation, believe they can do so without damaging the job market if businesses come to anticipate falling inflation as a reason to raise

US yields rise with rate hike views, 30-year bond yield hits highest since 2004

US yields rise with rate hike views, 30-year bond yield hits highest since 2004

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - US Treasury yields rose and the 30-year bond yield touched its highest level since 2004 on Thursday, with the recent rout in bond prices deepening as more Federal Reserve officials said additional interest rate hikes

Fed officials see rates likely rising to curb high inflation

Fed officials see rates likely rising to curb high inflation

By Michael S. Derby Sept 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. central bank will likely need to raise interest rates again to curb unacceptably high inflation, two Federal Reserve policymakers said on Thursday.

Stocks weather bond volatility, oil eases slightly

Stocks weather bond volatility, oil eases slightly

By Amanda Cooper and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Global stocks headed for their best weekly performance since early August on Friday, as AI euphoria and the prospect of an improvement in Middle East energy supplies won out over surging bond yields for now.

Bond market selloff rumbles on ahead of Trump and XI talks

Bond market selloff rumbles on ahead of Trump and XI talks

By Marc Jones and Rocky Swift LONDON/TOKYO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - World financial markets remained on edge on Thursday after concerns about the Iran war and inflation pain had triggered the sharpest selloff in US Treasuries and other benchmark government bonds since last year's Liberation Day turmoil.

Dollar dips as oil eases, yen jumps on Japan remarks

Dollar dips as oil eases, yen jumps on Japan remarks

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The dollar declined on Friday as oil prices eased, but was set for a second straight weekly advance on growing rate hike bets, while the yen rallied after Japan said Tokyo and Washington remain steadfast to the stance behind July's joint

Fed's Williams says it is reasonable to see another US rate hike this year

Fed's Williams says it is reasonable to see another US rate hike this year

By David Milliken LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Thursday it was reasonable to think that the U.S. central bank might need to raise interest rates again before the end of the year to help bring down inflation risks.

Inflation pressures raise prospect of Fed rate hike on eve of elections

Inflation pressures raise prospect of Fed rate hike on eve of elections

By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Mounting inflation pressures and a strengthening economy look to be pushing the Federal Reserve towards an interest-rate hike on the eve of critical national elections, with traders on Wednesday piling into bets on a

Analysis-There's a reason Trump is the only one talking about 1% interest rates

Analysis-There's a reason Trump is the only one talking about 1% interest rates

By Howard Schneider and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - As a lifelong real estate investor whose businesses relied on debt and interest rates, President Donald Trump might be expected to know better: The 1% rate he keeps demanding from the US Federal Reserve is impractical and would

Pressure from the bond market hits a new level, and US stocks slide on worries about inflation

Pressure from the bond market hits a new level, and US stocks slide on worries about inflation

Pressure from the U.S. bond market hit a new level on Wall Street after a surprisingly strong report on the economy raised worries about inflation, while oil prices halted their slide

Analysis-There's a reason Trump is the only one talking about 1% rates

Analysis-There's a reason Trump is the only one talking about 1% rates

By Howard Schneider and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - As a lifelong real estate investor whose businesses relied on debt and interest rates, President Donald Trump might be expected to know better: The 1% rate he keeps demanding from the US Federal Reserve is impractical and would

Mounting inflation pressures put more Fed rate hikes in view

Mounting inflation pressures put more Fed rate hikes in view

Sept 23 (Reuters) - Mounting inflation pressures and a strengthening economy look to be pushing the Federal Reserve towards an interest-rate hike on the eve of critical national elections, with traders on Wednesday piling into bets on a second straight Fed rate increase in late October.