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The Fed could supersize a rate increase to half a percentage point if inflation remains stubbornly high, a leading US central bank official said.Raphael Bostic, president of the Fed’s Atlanta branch, stuck to his call for three…

Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images If over the past 13 years that I have been publishing it, this blog has contributed anything to our collective understanding of monetary policy, it is a focus on the balance between money…

Ticker Security Last Change Change % RIVN RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC. 114.66 -0.74 -0.64%AMZN AMAZON.COM INC. 3,444.24 -39.18 -1.12% Finishing out the week for economic data will be building permits, housing starts, initial and continuing…

Stocks reversed course to rise Wednesday afternoon as investors mulled the Federal Reserve's final monetary policy decision of 2021, which came against a backdrop of persistent inflationary pressures. The S&P 500 and Dow turned…

Federal Reserve officials expect to raise interest rates three times next year in a dramatic shift from their projections just three months ago as the US central bank assumes a much more aggressive approach to taming surging…

Stock markets in Asia have tumbled to their lowest in nearly 15 months after America’s central bank chief confirmed widely expected plans to tackle higher inflation with an increase in interest rates this year, beginning in March.With…

US President Joe Biden (L) looks on after announcing Jerome Powell (R) as his nominees for Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 22, 2021.Jim…

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. SubscribeWednesday, December 15, 2021‘Spider-Man’ and a high-class inflation problemDonning my…

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A trader watches his chart while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 8, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterInflation jumps to new 40-year highBig Tech extends…