Inflation

Just as the United States is getting good news in its war against inflation, the picture is very different across the pond. Some of that is bad luck, but there are lessons on what not to do as well.

Bond traders have overestimated month-over-month headline inflation heading into four of the last seven Consumer Price Index releases, says strategist Raghav Datla.

During the pandemic, many banks adopted programs that helped struggling families find stability. Make that a permanent strategy.

The impact of a weakening economy on quarterly performance will become clearer by the second week of January as banks begin to report fourth-quarter earnings.

Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari compared the recent inflation to rideshare surge pricing, and called for a new approach to gauging and modeling price pressures.

The day after the FOMC announces its policy decision, Christian Scherrmann, U.S. Economist at DWS Group, will offer his take on the meeting, Fed Chair Powell's press conference and what comes next.

During a visit to Buffalo on Friday, New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said the central bank may need to keep cranking up interest rates to gain greater control over high inflation.

Two new academic research papers consider what the Fed is trying to communicate and what it means.

Inflation and rising rates are some of the biggest issues industry executives and leaders are focusing on this year.

Barclays said it will give a £1,200 ($1,460) pay raise to 35,000 of its U.K..-based staff, the latest lender to boost wages as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.