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Fed Officials Signal Further Rate Hikes as Inflation Stays Above Target

Their warnings, delivered Sept. 24–25, point to more tightening if upcoming CPI and PCE readings show persistent price pressures.

Europe Gas Prices Hit Four-Year High After Middle East LNG Shock

White House Reopens Removal Fight Over Fed Governor Lisa Cook

El Niño Confirmed and Likely to Become Exceptionally Strong

MAS Tightens Exchange-Rate Policy for Second Time to Rein In Imported Inflation

BOJ Likely to Lift Policy Rate to 1% at Mid‑June Meeting

Fed Officials Signal Possible Tightening Over Iran-Driven Energy Shock

SARB Hikes Repo Rate to 7% After Oil-Driven Inflation Jump

Kevin Warsh Sworn In as Federal Reserve Chair

Kevin Warsh Takes Fed Helm as Minutes and Markets Point to Higher Rates

Fed’s Barr Rejects Using Weaker Liquidity Rules to Cut Balance Sheet

Lagarde Presses for Trade Clarity After Supreme Court Curbs Tariff Powers

State Financial Officers Warn as White House Pressure on Fed Escalates

Fed Poised to Hold Rates as Bowman Flags Job-Market Risks; ECB Steady, BOJ Hints at Earlier Tightening

RBA Downplays Soft CPI, Says Rate Cuts Unlikely Before Q4 Inflation Test

Fed Officials Split on 2026 Rate Path, With Cautious Pause Opposed by Miran’s Call for 100+ bp Cuts

BOJ’s Ueda Signals Readiness for More Rate Hikes as Wage–Price Cycle Firms

Fed Minutes Reveal Split Over Next Moves After December Rate Cut

BOJ Summary Signals Further Hikes as Policy Remains Far From Neutral

Trump Puts Warsh and Hassett at Top of Fed Chair Shortlist, Seeks Say on Rates