WASHINGTON— The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’ t plan to cut interest rates until it has“ greater confidence” that price increases are slowing sustainably to its 2% target.The Fed issued its decision in a statement after its latest meeting, at which it kept its key rate at a…
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The good news from the Federal Reserve's meeting on May 1 was that the central bank isn't raising rates. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell even said as much at his news conference on Wednesday: "It is unlikely the next move will be a hike." The bad news is that it is not cutting rates, at least for a while, and probably not until the fourth quarter of 2024.
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Global bank HSBC announced Tuesday the shock departure of chief executive Neil Quinn, who will retire after overhauling the group in an "intense" five-year tenure weathering a Covid fallout, simmering geopolitics, and shareholder pressure to spin off Asia assets. Quinn, 62, who streamlined HSBC to focus more on Asia, has decided to pursue a portfolio of business…
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A strong economy and higher inflation numbers so far this year have surprised investors, leading them to push back expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Interest-rate futures positions indicate the Fed won't act until July or September, according to the CME FedWatch tool. David Solomon, CEO of vaunted investment bank Goldman Sachs.
At the beginning of the year, investors were euphoric about the potential for interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. As of April 19 a blend of profit numbers for the S&P 500 companies that have reported first-quarter earnings and analyst expectations for those that haven't showed a 0.5% increase in net income for the quarter, according to FactSet.
Lisa McElhone, 44, of Philadelphia, told a federal judge Monday that she dodged taxes owed in Pennsylvania by lying on tax forms about where she and her husband lived. Though they spent most of their time at their $2.5 million Haverford home and, in his case, working out of Par Funding's Old City offices, the couple claimed to be residents of Florida, which has no state…
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Stubborn inflation might affect assumptions the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. "Recent data suggest it may take more time than I had previously thought to gain greater confidence in inflation's downward trajectory, before beginning to ease policy," Boston Fed President Susan Collins told Reuters. Q: Will the Federal Reserve still cut rates…
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