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TRUMP'S FED CHAIR NOMINEE TO FACE QUESTIONS AT SENATE HEARING
And all eyes will be on President Donald Trump's nominee, Jerome Powell, when he attends his confirmation hearing later today... READ MORE›
IF FED NOMINEE JEROME POWELL GETS IT WRONG, IT'LL BE ECONOMIC CHAOS ON A GLOBAL SCALE
He or she fronts the media after most meetings and testifies to Congress twice a year on the state of the economy and monetary policy... READ MORE›
DOLLAR STEADY BEFORE FED DECISION, KIWI CATAPULTS
Later on Wednesday, the U.S. central bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged... READ MORE›
EUROPE LIFT SENDS WORLD STOCK GAUGE TO RECORD WALL ST DIPS
MSCI's world equity index .MIWD00000PUS, which tracks shares in 47 countries, gained 0.05 percent after hitting a record of 496.77, its highest level in a week... READ MORE›
WORLD STOCK GAUGE HITS RECORD ON EUROPE LIFT WALL ST SLIPS
MSCI's world equity index .MIWD00000PUS, which tracks shares in 47 countries, gained 0.07 percent after hitting a record of 496.77, its highest level in a week... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : U.s. Federal Reserve
BATTLE OF TITANS: SHOWDOWN LOOMING BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP & US CENTRAL BANK
And there is no more fearsome creature in Washington, DC than the US Federal Reserve, which possesses the power to make and break presidencies... READ MORE›
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: WHAT'S CHANGED IN 10 YEARS
The European Central Bank's benchmark rate is at zero... READ MORE›
US FED ENDS QE STIMULUS PROGRAMME
The targets for inflation and reduction in unemployment were on track, the Fed said in a statement... READ MORE›
ALL EYES ON VIENNA AS OIL DROPS; GROWTH HITS POUND
Click here to follow the TOPLive blog on the OPEC meeting in Vienna... READ MORE›
WORLD CURRENCY MARKETS BRACE FOR CHINA RESERVE SHOCK
There are notable cracks emerging under the surface, said Jens Nordvig from the specialist currency boutique Exante Data... READ MORE›
CREDIBILITY GRADUAL APPROACH AT STAKE AS FED WEIGHS RATE RISE
Inflation has been undershooting the Fed's forecasts for the past three years... READ MORE›
FED BEGINS TWO-DAY MEETING TO DECIDE ON INTEREST RATE HIKE
Top officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday began a two-day policy meeting that is narrowly expected to end without an interest rate hike... READ MORE›
FED ON TRACK FOR SEPTEMBER RATE HIKE AS ECONOMY PICKS UP
The 18 percent dollar rally since last summer, however, poses a risk to the Fed's plans to normalize monetary policy... READ MORE›
MARKETS IN FRAGILE MOOD AS FEDERAL RESERVE PREPARES TO RAISE INTEREST RATES
The Bank of England is expected to delay a rise in rates following a string of weak inflation figures... READ MORE›
JANET YELLEN PREPARES FOR HER BIG DECISION
The US economy Governors on the Fed's open market committee FOMC, which sets interest rates, have to focus primarily on the domestic economy... READ MORE›
FED TO DELAY RATE HIKE UNTIL SEPTEMBER ON TAME INFLATION OUTLOOK
Economists gave a 60 percent probability the Fed will pull the trigger by end-September, while for end-July, they penciled in a 40 percent chance... READ MORE›
MEET THE 10 PEOPLE WITH THE FATE OF THE WORLD IN THEIR HANDS
Tomorrow morning at about 4am AEST the US Federal Reserve will decide whether to raise interest rates for the first time since 2006... READ MORE›
TAKE FIVE: WORLD MARKETS THEMES FOR THE WEEK AHEAD
On Thursday, the Bank of England doubled down on its new warning that official interest rates are likely to rise soon... READ MORE›
U.S. BANKS SAY SOARING DOLLAR PUTS THEM AT DISADVANTAGE
Officials from banks including Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Bank of America Corp and Morgan Stanley raised concerns about the rule during a Jan... READ MORE›
FOG OF BREXIT CLOUDS OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL BANKS SEEKING CLARITY
The San Francisco Fed's Daly said any surprises would prompt policymakers to go back to the Fed's models and search for domestic or international causes... READ MORE›
EMERGING CURRENCIES' FATE LOOMS LARGE IN RICH WORLD RATES POLICY
It's a negative feedback loop, says Robert Rennie, global head of market strategy at Westpac in Sydney... READ MORE›
FED TO RAISE RATES TWICE THIS YEAR BUT CONVICTION FADING
The U.S. economy almost stalled in January-March, according to the latest real-time forecast from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta... READ MORE›
YELLEN'S RATE BLINK SHOWS GREEN LIGHT FOR BOND BUYERS
Treasuries and investment-grade corporate bonds would gain if the Fed backed away from its already lukewarm stance to hike interest rates by year-end... READ MORE›
EYES ON U.S. ECONOMY, FED LIKELY UNMOVED BY CHINA DEVALUATION
Federal Reserve from a domestic economy that appears increasingly ready for higher interest rates... READ MORE›
DEUTSCHE BANK, SANTANDER U.S. UNITS LIKELY TO FAIL FED STRESS TEST
Deutsche Bank, Santander U.S. units likely to fail Fed stress test WSJ... READ MORE›
BREXIT A KNOCKOUT PUNCH TO FED'S INTEREST RATE DIVERGENCE MANTRA
It remains an article of faith at the Fed that U.S. monetary policy can follow its own course... READ MORE›
NORTH AMERICAN STOCK MARKETS SLIDE TO ANOTHER LOSING DAY
Investors and traders closely watched congressional testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen for clues to the outlook for monetary policy... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN STOCK MARKET FALLS AROUND TWO PER CENT
On the positive side, Mr Le Brun said the lower market should attract bargain-hunters in the near term... READ MORE›
DOLLAR DRIFTS AROUND A?123.90 ON DISAPPOINTING CHINA DATA
The dollar drifted around 123.90 in Tokyo trading Friday as sluggish manufacturing data rekindled concerns about China's economy... READ MORE›
JANUS'S GROSS SAYS U.S. JOBS DATA SUFFICIENT FOR 2015 FED RATE HIKE
NEW YORK Bill Gross of Janus Capital Group Inc JNS.N said on Friday the August U.S... READ MORE›
ASIAN STOCKS CLIMB ON SIGNS U.S. RATE HIKE OFF TABLE FOR NOW
KEEPING SCORE Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 1.6 percent to 23,158.79 points and the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.4 percent to 3,120.92... READ MORE›
CHINA AND US TO STEER SENTIMENT
NAB expects 0.5 per cent aggregate credit demand growth in August, in line with the average of economists surveyed by Bloomberg... READ MORE›
NIKKEI RENEWS TWO-YEAR HIGH ON YEN'S DROP AFTER FED DECISION
The benchmark Nikkei average hit a fresh 25-month closing high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, helped by the yen's fall against the dollar after the... READ MORE›