US inflation slows in March but remains above Fed target

US inflation slows in March but remains above Fed target

New York: US consumer inflation slowed in March, according to data released Wednesday, but remained well above the Federal Reserve’s target despite numerous interest rate hikes over the last year. The rate of inflation year-over-year fell to 5.0 percent last month from 6.0 percent in February, the smallest 12-month increase since May 2021, according to … Read more

What Jerome Powell didn’t do: Lay the groundwork for higher rates

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The real news out of the Federal Reserve on Wednesday was not in what it did, but in what Chair Jerome Powell didn’t do. The thing that the Fed’s policy committee did — announce that the central bank would gradually wind down its economy-stimulating program of buying bonds — was highly telegraphed and comfortably in … Read more