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Markets Today: Stocks Fall on Hawkish Global Central Banks

Morning Markets June E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESM2 3) this morning are down -0.50%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM2 3) are down -0.79%. U.S. stock index futures this morning are moderately lower on concern major central banks will keep interest rates higher for longer to contain inflation. The...

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Inflation: why prices look likely to stay high in the UK and Ireland, and what that means for mortgages

The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised its three key interest rates by 0.25% to their highest levels in more than 20 years. The ECB’s “main refinancing rate” which dictates the cost of borrowing across much of Europe, including for people with tracker mortgages in Ireland, will rise from 3.75%…

The Conversation

UK regulator to ban ads for ‘misleading’ broadband and mobile deals

Information about mid-contract price increases must be made clear and upfront to consumers, says CAP

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Retail sales rose 0.3% in May despite pressure from higher inflation and interest rates

Americans increased their spending at retailers last month despite pressure from still-high inflation and rising borrowing costs

The Independent UK

European Central Bank hikes interest rates by quarter point with inflation “too high for too long”

It now expects inflation to be even higher than previously thought.

Evening Standard

Mortgage mayhem explained: Why are rates rising and what should you do now?

Mortgage rates are rising, spelling more misery for millions of homeowners across the country - but why are deals getting more expensive and what should you do next?

Daily Mirror

Bankrate: What the Fed’s June rate pause means for homebuyers and sellers

The Federal Reserve is taking a break from its war on inflation. After raising rates 10 times in 10 meetings in 2022 and 2023, the central bank made no change during its latest meeting. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced no further increase in the federal funds rate on June 14…

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‘No alternative’ to interest rate rises for lowering inflation - Chancellor

Households are braced for a further increase in rates from the Bank of England next week

Insider UK

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

The Ukraine-Russia conflict exacerbated an already fraught global trade and production system

The Hindu

BlackRock's Larry Fink: A.I. will solve low productivity, high inflation

“A.I. has the huge potential to increase productivity,” BlackRock's CEO said on the company's investor day.

Fortune

The Fed has paused. How long will Europe's central bank keep raising rates in a shaky economy?

The U_S_ Federal Reserve has hit “pause.”

The Independent UK

Bills Bills Bills: Beyoncé blamed for Sweden’s shock rise in inflation

The Independent UK

Afternoon Update: Thorpe alleges being ‘inappropriately touched’ in parliament; NZ enters recession; and did Beyoncé bump Swedish inflation?

Thorpe tells Senate she had reported experiences to former Coalition government

The Guardian - AU

Beyoncé concert in Stockholm blamed for unexpectedly high Swedish inflation

Start of superstar’s world tour ‘seems to have coloured inflation’, says economist, after tens of thousands of fans flocked to the capital for concerts

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Powell says nearly all Fed officials expect ‘some’ additional rate increases

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials paused on Wednesday following 15 months of interest-rate hikes but signaled they would likely resume tightening at some point to cool inflation.

Bangkok Post

Fed pauses interest rate hikes but signals more tightening ahead

WASHINGTON: The United States Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to pause its aggressive campaign of interest rate hikes despite "elevated" inflation, while indicating a sharp increase could be needed before the end of the year.

The Conversation

Why the Federal Reserve's epic fight against inflation might be over

The Federal Reserve’s decision to hold rates steady signals that central bankers believe it is time to hit pause, at least temporarily, on their aggressive campaign to tame runaway inflation.

Kiplinger

Stock Market Today: Stocks Swing After Fed Signals More Rate Hikes

The Fed stood pat on interest rates this time around but the central bank's hawkish outlook made for a volatile afternoon.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Fed keeps rates unchanged for first time in 15 months as inflation slowly eases

The Federal Reserve’s move to leave its benchmark rate at about 5.1% suggests that it believes the much higher borrowing rates it’s engineered have made some progress in taming inflation.

Fortune

Corporate ‘greedflation’ could lead to a ‘deeper for longer’ recession, top investment bank strategist warns

Greedflation may force the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates “higher for longer” to fight inflation, pushing the economy into recession.

Kiplinger

Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged: What the Experts Are Saying

The Federal Reserve stood pat on interest rates but left the door open to future hikes.

The Hindu

Base boost: On inflation and the consumer

Policymakers have their task cut out to convince consumers that inflation will be tamed so as to not erode their purchasing power and savings

The Hindu

60-day freeze on prices imposed in U.S.

Fifty years ago, U.S. President Nixon ordered a 60-day freeze on all prices, including those of food, in a bid to arrest the nation’s worst bout of peacetime inflation in 25 years

The Independent UK

‘This is going to sting’: What will mortgage chaos mean for homeowners and renters?

Current rates of nearly 6 per cent causing equivalent ‘stress’ to double-digit rates of 1980s, Andy Gregory writes

WEKU

Taking a breather: Fed holds interest rates steady in patient battle against inflation

After 10 straight rate hikes, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, but hinted that additional rate hikes are possible if inflation remains stubbornly high.

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