Federal Reserve Chair Powell deems it premature to discuss cutting rates and suggests the possibility of more hikes.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, in a speech at Spelman College in Atlanta, dismissed market expectations for aggressive interest rate cuts as premature. Powell emphasized that the Federal Open Market Committee intends to keep policy restrictive until inflation is solidly back to 2%. He also stated that they are prepared to tighten policy further…

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Growing evidence of the global economy fragmenting

European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, addressed the European Banking Congress with her concerns about the state of Europe. Lagarde emphasized the growing signs of the global economy fragmenting into competing blocs, and the challenges posed by deglobalization, demographics, and decarbonization. Lagarde highlighted the imminent decline in Europe’s working-age population, set to begin as early…

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