Biggest Drunken Sailors of all. Average interest rate on the Treasury debt spiked but is still only half of what it was in 2001. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Interest payments as a percent of tax receipts is […]
By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The core PCE price index, the inflation index that the Fed is focused on and refers to all the time, was revised up today for January to an annualized month-to-month growth rate […]
Turkey’s central bank lifted its main rate to 50% as it continues its effort to bring runaway inflation back into line. The central bank increased its rate to 50% from 45%, a move that sent […]
The Swiss National Bank on Thursday surprised the market with a decision to lower its main policy rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5%, saying national inflation is likely to stay below 2% for the […]
Raises longer-run rate projection (higher for longer), and projections for inflation and GDP in 2024. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. FOMC members voted unanimously today to maintain the Fed’s five policy rates, with the top of its […]
Which devalued the yen by a Third-Worldish 30% against the USD in two years as other central banks hiked in big increments and started QT. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Scraps NIRP. Citing “the virtuous cycle between […]
The U.S. Energy Information Administration published the March edition of its Short Term Energy Outlook on Tuesday, forecasting average residential electricity prices next year to reach their highest level in almost three decades. Residential customers will pay […]
MUFG Bank forecasts a surplus of LNG supply by 2025, primarily driven by a surge in supply from the US and the Middle East, potentially leading to lower prices and the end of the energy […]
Olive oil costs across the bloc have been on the rise since mid-2023, according to Eurostat Olive oil prices have skyrocketed across the EU over the past year amid unfavorable weather conditions, which have […]
Over the three months through February, services inflation has been running at roughly the same hot rate as during the peak a year ago. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. In the 20 countries that use the euro, […]
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