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Fed's Powell puts September rate cut on table as US inflation cools

The Fed ended its latest two-day policy meeting with a decision to hold its benchmark interest rate steady in the 5.25%-5.50% range

Asian markets mostly down as Fed rate-cut rally fades

Asian markets fell Monday as traders took a step back following last week's rally, with Federal Reserve officials looking to temper expectations the US central bank will cut interest rates several times next year.

Has the Fed won the battle against inflation?

The US Federal Reserve's decision to hold its key lending rate on Wednesday and pencil in three interest rate cuts next year has fueled optimism that its inflation battle is won.

Dollar steady with US inflation, Fed meeting eyed; yuan heavy

The dollar started Monday on the front foot, with a reading on US inflation and the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting for the year likely to set the tone for the week, while rising deflationary pressure in China leant on the yuan.

Fed unlikely to raise rates in November, says Goldman Sachs

The Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates at its Oct. 31-Nov. 1 meeting, Goldman Sachs strategists wrote on Saturday, while also forecasting the US central bank would lift its economic growth projections when policymakers gather next week.

Fed losses breach $100 billion as interest costs rise

Federal Reserve losses breached the $100 billion mark, central bank data released on Thursday showed, and they're likely to go a lot higher before the red ink stops.

Fed poised to hike rates as markets anticipate inflation endgame

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, marking the 11th hike in the US. central bank's past 12 policy meetings and possibly a last move in its aggressive battle to tame inflation.

Fed poised to punt rate hike into the summer wind

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday for the first time since the U.S. central bank kicked off a historically aggressive round of monetary policy tightening in March of 2022.

Fed may push rates higher, keep them there longer

Federal Reserve policymakers may need to lift US borrowing costs above the peak 5.1 per cent they penciled in just this week, and keep them there perhaps into 2024 to squeeze high inflation out of the economy, three of them signaled on Friday.

August 16, 2016
August 16, 2016

No plans to sue Fed, SWIFT, says Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh's central bank says it has reversed its plans to sue the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the SWIFT money transfer network, and instead intends to seek their help recovering $81 million stolen by cyber thieves in February.

May 16, 2016
May 16, 2016

Huge FIFA fund beckons BFF

The Bangladesh Football Federation is set to get more financial assistance from the FIFA as the 66th Congress of the world's game governing body decided to double the current expenditure fund and provide additional development fund to its member associations.

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