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New York Fed’s monthly survey expects US inflation to fell to 2.8% in August in three years, from 3.2% the previous month and 3.6% in June

Review of a liquidity source for U.S. lenders highlights the importance of funding costs as rates rise and the Fed’s balance sheet shrinks

Fed officials face questions over how high to lift rates by year’s end and how fast to get there

However, this will not eliminate inequality or poverty.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell sounded hawkish at the Jackson Hole symposium last Friday and signaled that interest rates will be higher for longer

Fed chief Jerome Powell’s hawkish tone at Jackson Hole sent stocks tumbling, but inflation could ease and the economy soften before rates rise aggressively

Returning to an in-person conference for the first time since the pandemic spread in 2020, the heavyweight lineup is headlined by Fed Chair Jerome Powell

Before the widely watched summit of central bankers in the US, China’s economic experts held their own meeting in Beijing, and there was no shortage of financial risk warnings.

The global markets now await the US Fed’s interest decision. It has been raising interest rates continuously the past several months.

All these bearish sentiments underscore the deep scepticism held by investors in the face of an unexpected US$7 trillion equity rebound of late.