Nick Timiraos
Chief Economics Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
Chief economics correspondent, The Wall Street Journal • Author, "Trillion Dollar Triage”
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wsj.com | Nick Timiraos
Your browser does not support HTML5 video. PausedLIVEFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that the central bank could face difficult trade-offs in trying to cushion the U.S. economy from the fallout of President Trump’s trade war.
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StockheadStockhead’s ‘Garimpeiro’ columnist Barry FitzGerald is back in the studio for another instalment of The Explorers Podcast. In this edition, Barry chats with Nordic Resources (ASX:NNL) executive director Robert Wrixon after his company picked up a trio of advanced stage gold exploration projects in Central Finland.
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wsj.com | Nick Timiraos
Boston Fed President Susan Collins said financial market volatility in recent days doesn’t appear to have interfered with the ability of investors to conduct transactions, but the central bank has tools it could use to address dysfunctional conditions. “Markets continue to function well. That’s something we’re watching very carefully, and we’ll continue to do so,” she said in an interview Friday.
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High inflation from tariff increases that risk slowing the economy would create a “challenging environment” for the Federal Reserve that compels the central bank to wait for economic weakness to materialize before entertaining rate cuts, a top Fed official said Friday. “There’s a real recognition that we are likely moving into a period where there may be some difficult trade-offs to make,” said Boston Fed President Susan Collins in an interview Friday.
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Nick Timiraos
Normally, a consumer-price index reading as mild as Thursday's one would set investors cheering in expectation of interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. But the March CPI will mean less to the Fed now large increases in tariffs have gone into effect, which could begin to push prices of imported goods up in the months ahead. Good news is still good news. The report suggests the economy had likely achieved a soft landing as the central bank began to reduce rates last fall.
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Despite a decent auction, the 30-year Treasury yield rose 6 bps to 4.849% on Thursday. Yields are up every day this week by a cumulative 0.458 percentage point, the largest four-day yield gain since March 18, 2020. Meanwhile, the dollar weakened nearly 1.6% on the day. From https://t.co/7YKC8Hh3eK
The White House has clarified that tariffs on China have increased to 145%. When Trump said on Wednesday that he couldn't imagine raising tariffs on China beyond 125%, he wasn't including the additional 20% tariff that had already taken effect. https://t.co/q673AFU0aE
Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid says he's "not willing to take any chances" on inflation. Full quote: "So far, through the spike and subsequent decline in inflation over the past few years, the Fed’s actions have been effective in keeping longer-term inflation expectations
