C. K. E. Those aren’t initials or Greek life letters. They’re some of the terms that economists, corporate leaders and politicians are using as they attempt to define the U.S. current economic moment. Ever since the recovery from the pandemic, a consensus among economists has viewed the economy as acting in a “K”-shape, displaying an…
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Cleveland Federal Reserve President Beth Hammack on Thursday repeated her call for higher interest rates, saying recent inflation data show the central bank is still too far from its goal. A report released Wednesday showed inflation running around 3% on an annualized basis, the central bank policymaker said. Even though the monthly rates of price…
Prices consumers pay for a variety of goods and services rose slightly in July, according to the Federal Reserve’s main inflation gauge. The personal consumption expenditures price index, which the Fed uses as its preferred forecasting tool, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.2% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3.7%, the Commerce Department…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond market interventions have generated a modest decline in yields along with a growing chorus of derision from those who think they won’t work over the long haul and could have dangerous repercussions. Wall Street has been generally skeptical that Treasury has enough firepower to manage a fixed income market that…
Pictured here is the crude oil refinery Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical Plant in Nanjing, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on May 8, 2026. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — The U.S. is threatening to cut businesses that help Iran evade sanctions off from the American financial system. It puts China’s banks in an…
The Treasury could use its near $1 trillion General Account to help fund its recently announced plans to increase purchases of government bonds, according to two senior Treasury officials. Using the TGA would provide the Treasury with considerable firepower to influence long-term bond yields. The Treasury surprised markets last week with an announcement that it…
Roberto Machado Noa | Lightrocket | Getty Images The Canadian dollar fell on Monday morning after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart, leaving both sides facing higher prices on a wide array of imported goods. The U.S. on Saturday slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, its second-biggest…
A housewife (R) buys vegetables at a wet market in Singapore Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore inflation missed estimates even as it accelerated to a near two-year high in July, as higher energy prices due to the Iran war lifted electricity prices. The city-state reported that consumer prices last month rose 2.2%,…
Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary, speaking a the CNBC Invest in America Forum in Washington, D.C. on April 15th, 2026. CNBC Investors over the past several days have priced in a likelihood of higher inflation ahead, a potential sign that the Treasury Department’s efforts this week to improve liquidity in the government debt market are raising…