2025 • Aug 07
Bank’s base rate gift to borrowers is wrapped in an inflation warning | Phillip Inman
The rate setters made clear that above-inflation pay claims would be likely to bring credit loosening to a halt
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2025 • Aug 05
Markets are losing patience with increasingly unstable global governments
The bond market is beginning to doubt the underlying political capacity to manage debt, and finding it wanting....
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2025 • Aug 03
Hassett on Trump’s next Fed chair: ‘We'll have to see if he chooses me’
National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett signaled in a Sunday interview that he is open to succeeding Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he’s tapped to do so. In an interview on NBC ...
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2025 • Aug 03
Bank of England forecast to cut interest rates amid rising unemployment and Trump tariffs
City predicts quarter-point drop to 4% when MPC meets on ThursdayBank of England policymakers are widely expected to cut interest rates this week to prevent the economy sliding backwards ami...
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2025 • Jul 30
The politics of falling inflation has been clear – lower is better. But Australia should beware its flip side: slow growth
There’s no convincing argument for the RBA not to cut interest rates on 12 August as economists say they are acting as a break on the economy
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