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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point

The Federal Reserve approved its second consecutive interest rate cut Thursday, moving at a less aggressive pace than before but continuing its efforts to rightsize monetary policy. In a follow-up to September’s big half percentage point reduction, the Federal Open Market Committee lowered its benchmark overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, or 25 […]

The RBA goes xenophobic in its quest for excuses

If former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe will never live down his notorious statement that we shouldn’t expect interest rates to rise until 2024, what to make of his successor, Michele Bullock, and the RBA board, and their extraordinary statement yesterday trying to explain why, despite clobbering the economy into a coma, they’re not prepared […]

Inflation rate at 2.3% in October 2024

THE Philippines’ inflation rate went up to 2.3 percent in October from 1.9 percent in September 2024, bringing the year-to-date average inflation to 3.3. In a statement, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) said the country’s year-to-date inflation remains within the government’s target range of 2.0 to 4.0 percent, despite a slight uptick in […]