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Fed's Hammack: 'Now Is the Time to Act' on Raising Rates
With inflation running near 3%, the Cleveland Fed president says she sees no restriction in policy at all.
Behind Bitcoin's Resilience: $2bn in Cash and a Wiped-Out Leverage Stack
Spot ETFs absorbed $2.23bn around the squeeze, with no single outflow day and the strongest seven-day intake of 2026.
Core Prices Rose 3.3% in the Year to July, the Fed's Preferred Gauge Shows
Headline PCE came in at 3.7%, a tenth above consensus. Income and spending both beat expectations.
The Trade War Reaches the Bathroom Shelf
The US imports $328m of Canadian toilet paper a year and uses more of it than anyone. Tariffs of 25-50% start on 8 September.
Britain's Energy Bills Are Staying High, and Nobody Will Say Why
Bills hit a three-year high per unit. The forecasts show them barely moving by 2030 — and the regulator still refuses to publish a medium-term projection.
One Week of Soft Data Cut September Hike Odds From 50% to 31%
Jobs, CPI, and PPI all undershot in the same week — flipping the rate calculus and clearing the runway for gold's best month since January.
Cooler July CPI Knocks the Dollar Back; Gold Clears $4,400 as Silver Runs Past $67
The inflation print that mattered most this summer came in under forecasts — and the metals complex treated it as a starting gun.
Fed Holds in June, Still Penciling One Cut for 2026 — While Inflation Forecasts Drift the Wrong Way
The projections show core inflation at 2.7% by year-end, growth at 2.4%, and a committee in no hurry in either direction.