ECB Just Cut Rates. Why the Fed and Europe Are on Different Paths.
Despite making similar moves in the recent past, the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve are now at different junctures.
Can Europe’s economy bounce back with rate cuts and deregulation?
The EU is cutting interest rates and easing regulations to revive growth, but inflation risks, US policy divergence, and trade tensions could disrupt the plan. Here’s what’s at stake.
European Central Bank to cut rates again with Trump threat and U.S. divergence in focus
The Fed will likely be on a more hawkish path, so significant divergence from the ECB could risk flight of capital towards the Dollar.”
The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, amid a cloudy economic outlook and concerns that some of President Donald Trump’s policies could stymie the fight against inflation. Wednesday’s pause comes after the central bank cut interest rates by a full percentage point between September and December of last year.
Diverging From the Fed, E.C.B. Cuts Interest Rates as Growth Stagnates
The European Central Bank’s reduction, the fifth consecutive cut since last summer, came a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates.
Wall Street slips after the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates steady
U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September
Trump slams Fed after decision to hold interest rates steady
Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady after their latest policy meeting, drawing sharp criticism from President Donald Trump.
Key takeaways from the Fed’s decision to pause interest rate cuts
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hit pause on interest rate cuts in its first key decision of President Donald Trump’s second term.
U.S. Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates Steady as Inflation Concerns Return
As was widely expected, the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates at current levels following the conclusion of its latest policy meeting.
European Central bank cuts benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to boost stagnant economy
The European Central Bank is cutting its key interest rate, a step to boost an economy that’s struggling to grow as consumers ...
Tech Stocks Lift Europe's STOXX 600 to Record High; Fed in Focus
Shares of ASML jumped 10.6% after the Dutch company reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter bookings of 7.088 billion ...
EURACTIV9d
Trump’s policies will exacerbate Europe’s fiscal woes, rescue fund chief fears
Rising global borrowing costs show that investors “are already pricing in” the economic impact of Trump’s policies.
Analysis-Trump's digital dollar ban gives China and Europe's CBDCs free rein
Donald Trump's rapid move to ban a "digital dollar" has left the field wide open, observers say, for China and Europe to make ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph1d
Stocks diverge, dollar steady before Fed rate decision
Equity markets diverged Wednesday as attention turned away from recent turbulence in tech stocks to the outlook for interest ...
UBS foresees more tariff threats and asset volatility ahead
Tariff risks to Europe and China may be underappreciated at the moment, with the possibility that the latter could see its effective rate rise to 30% from roughly 11%, according to UBS. “We anticipate ...
Treasury yields dip amid slowing growth out of Europe and U.S.
Yields on U.S. government debt were falling slightly Thursday morning as traders focused on data that showed economic growth slowing in the U.S. and stalling in three countries in Europe at the end of ...
Politifact1d
New Trump tariffs could put even more downward pressure on economy because they’re less targeted
Economists say Trump’s second-term tariffs, if carried out as promised, could put even more downward pressure on the economy, because he’s framed them as across-the-board, rather than targeted to ...