US consumer inflation eases slightly in April, sending stocks higher
Washington (AFP) - US consumer inflation eased slightly last month, according to government data published Wednesday, in a positive sign ...
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US Fed chair says confidence inflation will ease ‘not as high as it was’
Washington (AFP) - Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that hot US inflation data has lowered his level of ...
US Fed vice chair says interest rates should remain on pause
Washington (AFP) - The US central bank should keep interest rates at their current "restrictive" levels until it sees real ...
Senior US Fed official expects no rate cuts this year
Washington (AFP) - A senior official at the US central bank said Friday that she doesn't expect any interest rate ...
European stock markets hit record highs on rate cut hopes
London (AFP) - European stock markets struck fresh record highs Friday on growing hopes that central banks are close to ...
London, Frankfurt hit records as rate hopes boost markets
Hong Kong (AFP) - Growing hopes that the US Federal Reserve and other central banks are close to cutting interest ...
Asian markets mostly rise as US data boosts rate hopes
Hong Kong (AFP) - Growing hopes that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are close to cutting interest rates ...
London, Frankfurt stocks hit record highs on rate-cut hopes
london (AFP) - The London and Frankfurt stock exchanges hit record highs Thursday as the Bank of England kept its ...
Bank of England holds rate at 16-year high, signals looming cut
London (AFP) - The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate at a 16-year high, but hinted ...
European stocks stutter before Bank of England rate call
london (AFP) - European stock markets wavered on Thursday but with London close to a record peak before a Bank ...
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