Interest Rates
Here are four key takeaways from Europe’s central banks’ final rate decisions of 2025
Thursday’s bonanza of four European central banks announcing interest rate decisions was as expected: the European Central Bank, Norges Bank, and Riksbank held their rates, while the Bank of England cut. But there were hints at what’s ahead for 2026. Here are four key takeaways. 1. The BoE voted to cut, but only just The […]
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Fed’s Goolsbee explains vote against rate cut, says central bank should have waited
Austan Goolsbee, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, speaks to the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S., April 10, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Friday explained why he voted against this week’s interest rate cut, saying policymakers should have waited […]
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India’s inflation rises to 0.71% in November as decline in food, fuel prices loses steam
Shoppers purchase groceries at the upscale LuLu Hypermarket located in the Lulu International Shopping Mall in Kerala, India, on May 25, 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s consumer inflation rose to 0.71% in November, accelerating from an all-time low of 0.25% in the prior month. The headline inflation number was in line with […]
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Here are the five big takeaways from Wednesday’s Fed rate decision
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Markets Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved a much-anticipated quarter percentage point interest rate cut at a meeting that was packed with intrigue […]
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Trump says Fed could have ‘at least doubled’ latest interest rate cut
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with business leaders at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Dec. 10, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to cut benchmark interest rates by a quarter percentage point could have been “at least doubled.” Trump, […]
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The Fed is the most divided it’s been in more than six years
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran speaks with CNBC during the Invest i America Forum on Oct. 15, 2025. CNBC There were three dissenters from the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, making it the most divisive the central bank has been in more than a […]
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Divided Fed approves third rate cut this year, sees slower pace ahead
Key Points A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday in a 10-3 vote, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. The FOMC’s “dot plot” indicated just one more reduction in 2026 and another in 2027, amid considerable disagreement from members about where rates should […]
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CNBC Daily Open: A Fed rate cut might not be festive enough
An eagle sculpture stands on the facade of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images On Wednesday stateside, the U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to lower its benchmark interest rates by a quarter percentage point to a range […]
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The Fed decision is expected to feature a rate cut and a lot more. Here’s what to expect
The Federal Reserve is poised to deliver its third straight interest rate cut Wednesday, while simultaneously firing a warning shot about what’s ahead. Following a period of remarkable indecision about which way central bank policymakers would lean, markets have settled on a quarter percentage point reduction. If that’s the case, it will take the Fed’s […]
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European markets set for soft open as investors await Fed decision
FILE PHOTO: Bull and bear symbols for successful and bad trading are seen in front of the German stock exchange (Deutsche Boerse) in Frankfurt, Germany, February 12, 2019. Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters European shares are expected to open mostly flat on Tuesday as global investors await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy update. Futures tied […]
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