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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      US Dollar
      Investors dump dollar in bet that US rates have peaked

      Asset managers sell greenback at fastest pace in a year as market prices in more rate cuts next year

      Dollar bills
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Corporate bonds
      Investors pour cash into US corporate debt in bet Fed rates have peaked

      Inflows into corporate bond funds on track for highest total since July 2020

      The US Federal Reserve
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      Fed officials showed little urgency to raise rates further

      But minutes from November meeting of US central bank also reveal consensus that policy must remain ‘restrictive’

      The Federal Reserve building in Washington
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Federal Reserve
      The Fed’s balance sheet isn’t so boring after all

      Like “watching paint dry”, but if the paint was the US banking system

    • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
      US retail
      Retailers point to cracks in the picture of US consumer resilience

      Spending has defied inflation but shoppers are showing more caution about buying big-ticket items

      A pedestrian passes by a Macy’s department store in Washington
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      The Long ViewJennifer Hughes
      The view from a peak in rates may still be cloudy

      Soft US inflation data has convinced the market that the Fed will not lift its borrowing benchmark next month

      The Federal Reserve building
    • Friday, 17 November, 2023
      Unhedged
      Olivier Blanchard on debt explosions Premium content

      What to do when r - g = 0

      Olivier Blanchard
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Capital markets
      Companies’ confusing cash hoards

      Why aren’t they getting spent?

    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Fed official warns against calling time on rate-rising cycle too soon

      US central bank must not claim victory over inflation prematurely, says San Francisco Fed president

      Mary Daly, the head of the San Francisco Fed
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Markets InsightJumana Saleheen
      Central banks need to be clearer on communication

      It is not just what central banks say, but also how they say it

      Montage of logos of Bank of England, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Markets InsightJulia Coronado
      The return of productivity gains for the US economy

      If companies reap anything close to a historical average return on recent investments, we are likely to see an improving trend

    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Central banks
      Market skittishness complicates central banks’ interest rate plans

      Falling government bond yields loosen the tight financial conditions policymakers want to create

      Christine Lagarde
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Unhedged
      Bill Dudley: inflation wasn’t caused by too much money Premium content

      The former head of the New York Fed on macro lessons, monetary policy and the coming US fiscal crisis

      Bill Dudley
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Powell warns Fed against risk of being ‘misled’ in inflation fight

      US central bank ‘will not hesitate’ to raise interest rates again if necessary, says chair

      Jay Powell
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      US banks
      Can things get worse for banks?

      Always. But it’s now possible to imagine them getting better.

    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Central banks
      Central bankers adamant rates will remain high, as markets bet on cuts

      Officials say they would want to see companies cutting profit margins to be convinced inflation would fall sufficiently

      Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, left, and Central Bank of Ireland chief Gabriel Makhlouf at a conference in Dublin on Wednesday
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Economists Exchange
      Claudia Sahm: ‘We do not need a recession, but we may get one’

      The former Federal Reserve economist on talk of a recession, the battle to tame inflation and the difficulties of forecasting

      Leonie Woods illustration of Claudia Sahm and Colby Smith.
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      News in-depthFT Series
      Higher for longer

      This series examines the powerful ripple effects of extended high interest rates across businesses, governments and economies around the globe

    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      FT SeriesHigher for longer
      Can corporate America cope with its vast debt pile?

      Rapid increases in borrowing costs prompt concerns about more defaults on $13tn of debt, but companies are finding new ways to survive

      A Bed Bath & Beyond store under an interest rate line chart with a $10 bill above it and circles representing a Fed dot plot
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
      Oversupply of US debt leaves few takers for Treasuries

      Issuance of $1tn-worth of government bonds in space of three months creates a glut as big buyers retreat

      A national debt clock button pinned to a suit pocket
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
      Floating-rate exposure set to cause more balance-sheet pain

      Leveraged companies that did not hedge against rising rates may be forced to tap cash reserves to cover spending

    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
      Money market funds spring a leak after year of record inflows

      Questions arise over cash-based vehicles’ competitiveness with longer-dated paper, and whether outflows will accelerate

      American weatherboard house with ‘for sale’ sign outside
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
      ‘Higher for longer’ fears fade at first sign of a slowdown

      Weaker economic data have helped bolster prices in the battered US bond market

      Building with classical pillared portico, with road sign in foreground with red arrow pointing towards that building
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      Is this the turning point for interest rates?

      Many of the major central banks have decided to hold rates steady, but few officials are yet declaring victory over inflation

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      BlackRock says investors set to face 5.5% long-term borrowing costs

      Asset manager points to ageing populations and fractious geopolitics pushing up 10-year Treasury yields

      BlackRock headquarters in New York
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