U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington, Dec. 10, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve heads into 2026 facing a slew of political and policy challenges, headlined by a new chair and an…
Labor market weakness, uncertainty about inflation and political pressure will push the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates aggressively in the early part of 2026, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. Though markets and Fed officials themselves see only modest easing in the year ahead, Zandi expects the central bank to enact…
Thursday saw the release of a much lighter-than-expected consumer price report for November, breaking from the recent trend of sticky inflation. Stocks jumped. Yields fell. Odds of a Federal Reserve rate increased. And many economists scratched their heads. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the consumer price index had an annual inflation rate of…
People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on Dec. 12, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Wall Street is awaiting Thursday’s release of the November consumer price index report, as it will mark the first reading for the period since the record-setting U.S. government shutdown ended last month. According to…
A projected illumination marking the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, on the Grossmarkthalle building at the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 9, 2025. Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Investors are gearing up for the last interest-rate decisions of 2025, with four of Europe’s central banks announcing their monetary policies and…
European stocks are expected to open in negative territory on Thursday as traders prepare for central bank decisions today. Source link
Shoppers walk past shops on Regent Street on the final weekday before Christmas in London on December 22, 2023. Henry Nicholls | Afp | Getty Images The U.K.’s inflation rate cooled sharply to 3.2% in November, boosting the chances of the Bank of England cutting interest rates at its final meeting of the year on…
European stocks are expected to open broadly flat on Wednesday as investors gear up for central bank decisions. Source link
European stocks are expected to open in lower territory on Tuesday, reversing gains seen at the start of the week. Source link
Consumers are still dining out, but instead of higher-priced entrees, many are ordering more appetizers. As food inflation and affordability dominates the conversation about the U.S. consumer, new restaurant purchasing data shows even among Americans who are going to restaurants, many are in the mindset of cutting back. “Appetizer orders are up 20% year over…
