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Point hikes. we can assume 50 in december but maybe a higher end rate target next year, is that how youre reading it? >> thats exactly right. the message from the fed chair is even though the central bank is slowing down the scale of the whopping interest rate hikes were seeing, that isnt the point. the point is how long high rates will be held high. the point the fed chair will make is very high rates do a serious number on the economy even if they arent raising by 75 basis points. >> wall stre...

After four hefty rate hikes — each three quarters of a percentage point — us federal reserve chairjerome powell indicated on wednesday that americas central bank was ready to slow the rate of increases. the full effects of our rapid tightening so far are yet to be felt. thus, it makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate increases as we approach the level of restraint that will be sufficient to bring inflation down. the time for moderating the pace of rate increases may come as soon as the...

Worst this summer. month to month prices grew 0.3%. this is stillin place and prices are rising but not rising as quickly as they had about. and when you dig into the core deflator which is what the fed looks at, that is showing signs of cooling. so we like to say the trend is your friend and put this one in your inflation -- >> i dont make funny. i praise that kind of rule of thumb. because it is right. watch the trend line and the trend line we just showed the graphic, put up again, it doesnt ...

Rate below 4%. the fed is going to have to persist in raising interest rates whether they will raise them as sharply as they have in the past is an open question. there is no question happy at the inflation rate down below the level of wage gains for this inflation will simply continue to be away in the wage gains in this country the fed is simply not going to allow that progress mary, do you see any chance the fed will stop its rate increases? or do you see it continuing to go upwards of say 5%...

Federal reserve officials anticipating this downshift in the pace of rate increases. theyve been taking up and weve been watching that. what could this potentially signal? >> it could signal that they are going to only raise interest rates by 50 basis points as opposed to 75 basis points which is the track that they had been on. the number one reason that they are raising interest rates is to get inflation under control and bring it down. right now, we are at 7.7%. that number is not something w...

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Duty. company car tax rates will remain low level electric vehicles and i have listened to industry bodies and will limit rate increases to one percentage point yearfor three years from 2025. the obr expect housing activity to slow over the next two years. the stamp duty cuts announced in the mini budget will remain in place but only until sist will remain in place but only until 31st of march 2025. after that i will sunset the measure, creating an incentive to support the housing market and job...

May actually scare investors, a sign to the federal reserve that its going to continue the aggressive rate increases, in order to cool the economy, fight inflation. do you see that? >> no, certainly not in todays action. the stock market is basically flat, at least the last time i looked, and more a window on this is what goes on in the bond market interest rates, and theyre down. so investors were nervous that this indicated the economy is too strong, so, no, i dont think investors are nerve ou...

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Ruling to spend money on, as prices continue to increase. but there i think weve had a much more mixed picture. there have been some science of consumers pulling back from big ticket items, and most notably, houses. and i think there are much fewer signs of theyre pulling back from services like vacations, hotels, things like that. it is very complicated juncture for the fed as they try to assess what to do next. >> so i guess i will ask you. what will they consider? how do they go about decidin...