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Fed confronts why it may have acted too slowly on inflation

Business / Economy May 11, 2022

Fed confronts why it may have acted too slowly on inflation

by Jeanna Smialek

Some Federal Reserve officials have begun to acknowledge that they were too slow to respond to rapid inflation last year.

The U.S. Fed navigates a difficult path, with much resting on its success

Editorials May 10, 2022

The U.S. Fed navigates a difficult path, with much resting on its success

The market plunge is a vote of no confidence in the Fed’s ability to safely navigate between competing imperatives: controlling inflation and keeping the economy growing.

Inflation, oil prices and the yen: What’s behind the BOJ’s tack?

Commentary / Japan Apr 21, 2022

Inflation, oil prices and the yen: What’s behind the BOJ’s tack?

by Sayuri Shirai

Japan’s inflation rate is around 1%, one of the lowest in the world. Why is Japan, which has been battling deflation for two decades, still the exception even as global inflation is rising?

Hot inflation drives case for 'big-bang' Fed rate hike in March

Business Feb 11, 2022

Hot inflation drives case for 'big-bang' Fed rate hike in March

by Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir

The latest data defied hopes that U.S. sticker shock would ease and instead bolstered the view that the central bank is behind the curve.

Emerging market investors dive for stocks amid Fed storm

Business / Financial Markets Feb 7, 2022

Emerging market investors dive for stocks amid Fed storm

Developing world investors are nervously watching as the U.S. Federal Reserve readies its most aggressive rate hike cycle in 17 years.

China's got problems, but inflation ain't one

Commentary / World Jan 21, 2022

China's got problems, but inflation ain't one

by Daniel Moss

China looks determined to quash — rather than live with — COVID-19. An overly muscular economic response, too, may do as much harm as good.

Going nowhere: Central banks face inflation fears

Editorials Dec 24, 2021

Going nowhere: Central banks face inflation fears

Central bankers balance two priorities: prices and employment. Unfortunately, a slowing economy generally reduces employment, which means that those two priorities compete with each other.

Will closer monetary-fiscal policy coordination lead to fiscal dominance?

Commentary / Japan Dec 13, 2021

Will closer monetary-fiscal policy coordination lead to fiscal dominance?

by Sayuri Shirai

As yield curves are already so flattened, central banks may need to rely more on reducing their holdings of government bonds to prevent an inversion of the yield curve.

The Fed has risen too far above political control

Commentary / World Nov 24, 2021

The Fed has risen too far above political control

by John Authers

The problem with the Fed is that the need for stability — and for avoiding market shocks — cuts across the desire to exert more democratic control over the central bank.

Changing the climate of financial regulation

Commentary / World Sep 20, 2021

Changing the climate of financial regulation

by Sarah Bloom Raskin

Despite the growing costs of climate change, U.S. financial regulators have yet to show they are thinking creatively about potential solutions.

U.S. Fed decries wealth gap it helps perpetuate

Commentary / World Aug 27, 2021

U.S. Fed decries wealth gap it helps perpetuate

by Lisa Abramowicz

All things being equal, the Fed is actively making the wealth gap more pronounced with its ultraeasy monetary policy.

China is the first crack in the COVID-19 recovery

Commentary / World Jul 15, 2021

China is the first crack in the COVID-19 recovery

by Daniel Moss

The shift by China's central bank is jarring because the nation spent months conveying the idea that it was comfortable trimming — not adding — support for the economy.

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