by Jonathan Cook | Sep 1, 2025
Fed Governor Christopher Waller (a dovish contender to succeed Jerome Powell at the helm) warned that policymakers should not wait for the economy to worsen to cut interest rates. In comments that would no doubt please the president, Waller even floated the idea of a...
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by Jonathan Cook | Sep 1, 2025
There was little change month-on-month in the inflation numbers reported across Germany, Italy and France. Tuesday’s unified eurozone numbers will give us a better sense of the trend, but economists are forecasting just a slight increase, which would take the headline...
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by Jonathan Cook | Sep 1, 2025
The end of August proved little different to the rest of the month for the pound. Sterling weakened by a third of a cent against the euro and needed some American data to prop it up against the US dollar. Still, the prospect of fresh data on the horizon should provide...
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by Jonathan Cook | Sep 1, 2025
The last week of summer saw the pound range by around a cent against the euro and the US dollar but ultimately finish more or less level with where it had started Monday. After strengthening on Thursday, the US dollar gave up some ground to its European counterparts...
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by Christopher Nye | Aug 29, 2025
It was another dim day for the dollar, falling just about everywhere as the markets look with disapproval at the potential end to Federal Reserve independence among other risks to America’s economic stability. Still, Americans have seemed as optimistic as ever on the...
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