Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Tuesday that with inflation trends growing weaker it is very probable that the U.S. central bank can deliver more interest rate cuts. "Further adjustments of policy will likely be needed," Collins said in the text of a speech to be delivered before a conference at her bank. Noting that Fed officials predicted half a percentage point's worth of cuts by year-end at their policy meeting in September, she said "I will stress that policy is not on a pre-set path and will remain carefully data dependent, adjusting as the economy evolves."
(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said policymakers should use a careful, data-dependent approach as they lower interest rates to help preserve the strength of the US economy. Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed StadiumsSingapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for HomesChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by School TurmoilShould
Last week's jobs numbers confirm the U.S. labor market remains strong even though it may be slowing, with a 4.1% unemployment rate around what is considered full employment and employers adding jobs faster than what is needed to account for population growth, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said on Tuesday. The rise in the unemployment rate from last year's lows well below 4% "is actually a move to where most folks, before the pandemic, thought full employment was," Bostic said at a meeting with foreign consular officers based in Atlanta. "The labor market ... is certainly slowed down, but is not slow," he said, while monthly job creation "is pretty robust."
Argentina's monthly inflation rate is expected to have slowed to 3.5% in September, which would be the lowest monthly rate since the end of 2021, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Tuesday. That rate would be a sign of progress for the government of libertarian President Javier Milei, which has focused on taming runaway prices since taking office in December. Argentina's national statistics agency will publish the on Thursday.
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Two Indian state refiners have bought 2 million barrels of Venezuelan crude from trading house Vitol for November delivery, trade sources said, as shipments to what previously was Venezuela's second largest oil market continue to grow. Indian refiners resumed imports of Venezuelan crude earlier this year after the U.S. Treasury Department authorized transactions for exports of crude and fuel despite sanctions targeted at President Nicolas Maduro's government. India's top refiner, Indian Oil Corp (IOC), is set to receive 1.2 million barrels of Venezuelan oil while Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) will get 800,000 barrels of oil, the sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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(Bloomberg) -- While the Federal Reserve’s rate cuts may soften returns in all of floating-rate credit, the easing cycle will nonetheless be a catalyst for deals, said Kipp deVeer, head of the credit group at Ares Management Corp.Most Read from BloombergUrban Heat Stress Is Another Disparity in the World’s Most Unequal NationFrom Cleveland to Chicago, NFL Teams Dream of Domed StadiumsSingapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for HomesChicago’s $1 Billion Budget Hole Exacerbated by Sch
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