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Bloomberg
a day ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Fed Bides Its Time to Find Out Who Will Pay Tariffs
I'm Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston. Today we're looking at the Fed's reluctance to cut rates. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. Meaningful economic information comes from three straight months of data, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has indicated. 'It's appropriate to take signal' at that point, as he put it last year.


Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Japan Showcases Central Bank Dangers When Debt Gets Massive
I'm Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston, and today we're looking at the risk of fiscal dominance. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. Central banks are generally supposed to focus on keeping prices stable, and for some of them, that's all they're charged with. When they appear to start targeting something else, economists say they're being 'dominated' by that other concern.


Bloomberg
10-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
How the ‘Long Bond' Showcases America's Budget Deterioration
I'm Chris Anstey, an economics editor in Boston. Today, we're looking at increasing worries about the US budget outlook, as seen through the 30-year bond. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. Keen readers of this newsletter may recall a January edition describing the 10-year US Treasury note yield as 'the world's benchmark interest rate.'


Bloomberg
09-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Here's a New Way to Decode the BOE's Policy Signaling
I'm Julian Harris, a UK economics editor in London. Today we're looking at a new way to track the Bank of England's policy signals. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. The Bank of England has produced some of the most eyebrow-raising moments of the year so far — at least in the world of central banks.


Bloomberg
05-06-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Trump's Budget Proposal Goes After Statistical Agency Funding
I'm Molly Smith, a US economy editor in New York. Today we're looking at budget cuts at statistical agencies. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@ And if you aren't yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. The data whizzes tasked with keeping tabs on the state of the US economy can't seem to catch a break.