• Jul 31, 2024

Latin America Risks Squandering Opportunity for Deeper Rate Cuts Created by Fed

(Bloomberg) -- Just as the Federal Reserve seems ready to clear the way for Latin American central banks to keep cutting interest rates, growing political problems at home are set to disrupt — if not reverse — those easing campaigns.Presidents across the region are lashing out against policymakers for high borrowing costs that are hindering the vigorous economic growth they promised, and in some cases are directly fanning inflation. As central bankers from Brazil, Colombia and Chile all convene

  • Jul 31, 2024

Australia’s Cooler Core Inflation Opens Door to Rate Cut

(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s core inflation unexpectedly decelerated last quarter, supporting the Reserve Bank’s view that prices will gradually ease and prompting money markets to boost bets on an interest-rate cut. The currency and bond yields dropped.Traders abandoned wagers on policy tightening at the RBA’s meeting next week after the closely-watched trimmed mean inflation gauge, which smooths out volatile items, advanced 3.9% in the second quarter from 4% in the prior period, government data