The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Next, Shell and BAE Systems have posted updates today in a session when another major central bank is expected to hike interest rates.

Asian stocks and US futures edged higher on Thursday as investors brushed aside US Federal Reserve comments that interest rates won’t fall this year and instead looked ahead to eventual policy easing.

The US Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates for the tenth time in a row, bringing the key lending rate to its highest level since 2007. But the central bank has signalled it could pause further rate hikes, as inflation eases and turmoil continues to spread across the American banking…

Although the Fed raised interest rates for a 10th consecutive meeting, it finally opened the door to a pause in its tightening campaign.

The Fed signaled that it could pause rate hikes after this meeting, though it left the door open to another increase.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again on May 3, 2023, by a quarter point, making it the Fed’s 10th rate hike since March 2022 in an ongoing fight to tame inflation. These rate hikes have been reverberating through the economy, raising prospects of a recession amid heightened concerns about…

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in an effort to curb persistent inflation. It was the tenth rate hike in 14 months, and possibly the last for a while.

Rise in benchmark interest rate is 10th hike since March 2022, when the Fed started its rapid inflation-fighting campaign

If, as expected, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates yet again in its drive to cool inflation, much of America will be directly affected