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Australia’s big banks are passing on all the interest rates hikes – but not the cuts

While the banks have been quick to pass on RBA’s every cash rate increase, they have not matched all the decreases since June 2019

The Guardian - AU

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge accelerates, adding pressure for more rate hikes

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauges unexpectedly accelerated in January and consumer spending surged after a year-end slump, adding pressure on policymakers to keep ratcheting up interest rates.

Tribune News Service

Fed's rate hikes likely to cause a recession, research says

Can the Federal Reserve keep raising interest rates and defeat the nation’s worst bout of inflation in 40 years without causing a recession

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3 Short Squeeze Stocks to Make Sure You Sell Before It’s Too Late

Although inflation reduced significantly from its peak, it remains far off the Fed’s target. The sequential increase in inflation and hotter-than-expected jobs report last month could compel policymakers to raise interest rates higher than previously expected until it achieves its 2% inflation target. Since it may not be easy for…

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An inflation gauge tracked by Fed accelerated in January

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked higher in January, a sign that price pressures remain entrenched in the U.S. economy and could lead the Fed to keep raising interest rates well into this year

The Independent UK

Aviation industry takes off: Airlines report profitability as travel soars

With most of the world open for leisure travel, the aviation industry is breathing a sigh of relief as globetrotters get set to take off.

The New Daily

How Sri Lanka sleepwalked over a debt cliff

The issues that led Sri Lanka to become an economic basket case in 2022 serve as a warning for other nations.

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Interest rates will need to rise again, warns Bank of England rate-setter

Catherine Mann, a hawkish member of the MPC, says high rates necessary to stop inflation becoming embedded in wages and prices

The Guardian - UK

US revises down last quarter's economic growth to 2.7% rate

The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.7% annual rate from October through December, a solid showing despite rising interest rates and elevated inflation, the government said in a downgrade from its initial estimate

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 Live: Lloyds posts annual results, Rio Tinto cuts dividend

Lloyds Banking Group today revealed unchanged annual profits of £6.9 billion as the lender benefited from a year of rising interest rates.

Evening Standard

Asian shares decline following Wall Street tumble

Asian shares have fallen after stocks tumbled on Wall Street as worries persist about higher interest rates and their tightening squeeze on the global economy

The Independent UK

Forget the spin. Cost of living and interest rates may stay high for some time to come

The RBA tells us the pain is only temporary and for the best, but it could be here for a while. Here’s why

The Guardian - AU

Big banks are raking in billions, and we all pay the price – time for a new windfall tax

Rises in interest rates are driving unemployment, low wages and poverty while the banks cash in, says campaigner Fran Boait

The Guardian - UK

Profits jump at HSBC as it moves to fend off break-up calls from China

HSBC today moved to fend off pressure from one of its biggest shareholders to break up the group and return chunks of cash to investors.

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See when Australia's biggest banks stopped paying proper interest on your savings – and what you can do about it

Whenever interest rates went up in the past, I used to get told it wasn’t all bad news. At least it was good for some people: savers – people with money in the bank.

The Guardian - AU

Rising interest rates may be Labor’s kryptonite – but remember it never ended up killing Superman

Are the Reserve Bank’s decisions to keep hiking the cash rate damaging the Albanese government’s economic credentials?

Belfast Live

Cost of living: How to improve your household finances by end of the month

A few ways to keep on top of your budget every month if you are struggling with the cost of living

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: most think RBA rate hikes an overreaction as shine comes off Albanese

Majority believe government at least partially to blame for rises but don’t assume Coalition would manage them better

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3 Stocks You Won't Have Regrets About Buying in 2023

January’s robust macroeconomic reports indicate that the Fed might raise the interest rates for longer than expected. Also, the dramatic rise in consumer debt in the fourth quarter of 2022 is a red signal for the economy. Hence, fundamentally strong stocks Pfizer (PFE), CVS Health (CVS), and Universal Logistics (ULH)…

Daily Record

10 ways to get your finances back on track by end of this month

If you are finding it tricky to keep on top of your budget there are simple ways to get it under control, fast.

Newsroom.co.nz

Skyline chair bucks market downturn with year's biggest house sale profit

The record sale highlights the extremes gains and losses of a polarised property market – and the challenge facing the Reserve Bank in hiking interest rates this week.

Newsroom.co.nz

Shock and Orr: Rate hikes kill off housing affordability and development

With the cost-of-living and housing crises, the need for Government intervention in the housing market is becoming more urgent. What that intervention will be may determine the colour of our next Government, argues Edward Miller

Newsroom.co.nz

Reserve Bank faces difficulty balancing cyclone inflation and devastation

If the country is to begin ‘futureproofing’ itself against more frequent climate change related flooding, the rebuild cost will rise dramatically – and that's worrying for Governor Adrian Orr. Andrew Patterson reports.

ABC News

Fumio Kishida bids farewell to Abenomics by appointing Kazuo Ueda as Bank of Japan boss

Investors say Kazuo Ueda's appointment as the Bank of Japan's new chief may indicate how soon it will shift away from extremely low interest rates — a transition that could have huge ramifications for global financial markets.

Reuters

Debt-laden African countries charged 'extortionate' rates, U.N. chief says

African countries are getting a raw deal from the international financial system which charges them "extortionate" interest rates, the U.N. chief said on Saturday, as he announced $250 million in crisis funding, including for famine risk on the continent.

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