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S&P Futures Tick Lower Ahead of Powell Speech, Micron Earnings on Tap

September S&P 500 futures (ESU23) are trending down -0.14% this morning as market participants awaited a speech from Fed Chair Jerome Powell for fresh clues on the future direction of U.S. monetary policy.

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Finance Minister removes house prices from Reserve Bank remit

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Euro’s Interest Rate Advantage Expected to Fade by Year-end

Today’s hawkish comments by ECB President Lagarde gave the euro (^EURUSD ) a small boost. However, the markets are expecting the ECB to be done tightening monetary policy by this autumn or winter, which would eliminate the euro’s current interest rate advantage. At the ECB’s retreat in Portugal, ECB President...

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Bank of England hikes interest rate to 5% to reach highest level in almost 15 years

The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee have voted to increase the base rate by 0.5% in a bid to bring inflation down

Birmingham Post

Bank of England governor denies trying to trigger recession after hiking interest rates to 5% – as it happened

Rolling coverage as the Bank of England lifts UK interest rates to a 15-year high, as it contnues to fight inflation

The Guardian - UK

Dollar Falls Despite Powell’s Hawkish Bias

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Wednesday fell -0.46% on bearish technical sentiment, with the dollar index knocking on the door of last week’s 5-week low. The forex market remains focused on monetary policy differentials, with the ECB and Bank of England continuing to raise interest rates while the Fed...

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Watch live as Federal Reserve chair gives testimony to US House on economic situation

Watch live as Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell delivers his semiannual monetary policy testimony to the US House financial services committee.

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Economy to expand with upside risks - central bank

The Bank of Thailand's (BoT) Monetary Policy Committee expected continued economic expansion with some upside risks as it raised the key interest rate last month for a sixth straight meeting, minutes of the meeting showed on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

PBOC Cuts Short-Term Rates for Banks in Further Sign of Easing

Reduction in monetary policy tool follows a cut in another key lending rate and may signal more central bank action to bolster the economy

Caixin Global

Unwavering focus: On the Monetary Policy Committee’s approach to policy

Achieving durable disinflation must remain a non-negotiable goal, especially amid widening income inequality and high unemployment

The Hindu

Can the Fed Continue to Hike Rates?

The U.S. central bank has taken the highest inflation in four decades seriously, increasing the short-term Fed Funds Rate by 500 basis points from March 2022 through May 2023. The Fed has also tightened credit for further maturities via quantitative tightening. While the consensus over the past year supported rate…

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BoT pushes up interest rate to 2%

The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has raised its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points, in a bid to maintain the momentum of the Thai economic recovery.

Bangkok Post

Jeremy Hunt ‘comfortable’ with recession if needed to cut inflation and stabilise economy

There are fears the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee may have to raise interest rates to as high as 5.5 per cent to tackle inflation

Evening Standard

Bank of England admits it made errors in UK inflation forecasts

Governor Andrew Bailey insisted inflation has ‘turned the corner’, ahead of official figures on Wednesday.

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Stock Market Down For The Day, Gains For The Week; Warren Buffett's Berkshire Buys More OXY

The stock market posted losses for the day after the debt ceiling talks stalled. Several shoe stocks got pulled down by an earnings report.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Interest rates rise for 12th successive time as inflation gets sticky

Today’s Monetary Policy Report from the Bank of England was a little like the weather: a bit of sunshine, some very dark clouds, but mostly everyone wondering when things will get better.

Evening Standard

Bank of England: Inflation won’t hit target until 2025

Inflation will remain above 5% in the fourth quarter and price rises won’t hit the Bank’s 2% target until 2025, the Monetary Policy Committee says

The Guardian - UK

Another UK interest rate rise was always nailed on but what happens next?

Bank of England aware that impact of most rates rises has yet to be felt, meaning a pause is now probable

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The Guardian - UK

Bank of England lifts inflation and growth forecasts as it raises interest rates to 4.5% – business live

BoE governor Andrew Bailey predicts inflation will have halved by the end of this year, thanks to falling energy bills

ABC News

RBA research finds Australia has up to an 80 per cent recession risk to get inflation under control

Previously unpublished internal research from the Reserve Bank estimates that Australia's risk of recession over this year and next could be as high as 80 per cent.

The Independent UK

Bank of England set to raise UK interest rates to highest level since 2008

The Bank of England is set to raise interest rates to their highest level since late 2008 as it continues to combat stubbornly high inflation in the U.K. Financial markets expect the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee to lift its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point…

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Stock Index Futures Move Lower Ahead of U.S. Inflation Data, Debt Ceiling Worries Weigh

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are down -0.20%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are down -0.23% this morning as investors looked ahead to a crucial U.S. inflation report that could provide fresh clues on the future of the Fed’s monetary policy.

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Stock Index Futures Move Lower Ahead of U.S. Inflation Data

Bangkok Post

Gold stays buoyant as Asian bourses rally

Gold prices bounced back and managed to stay buoyant on Monday as Asian stocks advanced while investors awaited key US inflation data due later this week that could influence the Federal Reserve's (Fed) monetary policy stance.

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Stocks Set to Open Mixed as Investors Await U.S. Inflation Data, Debt Worries Remain

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.02%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are down -0.11% this morning as market participants awaited crucial U.S. inflation data that could influence the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy stance.

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