Federal Reserve

Friday Briefing: Hold your horses (and your rates)

Markets

Friday Briefing: Hold your horses (and your rates)

Friday Briefing

23 March 2026 • 3 min read

UK unemployment steady at 5.2% but economic outlook 'from bad to worse'

Economics

UK unemployment steady at 5.2% but economic outlook 'from bad to worse'

ONS data

19 March 2026 • 2 min read

Federal Reserve holds interest rates again as cut expectations remain

Economics

Federal Reserve holds interest rates again as cut expectations remain

Brent crude up 8%

19 March 2026 • 2 min read

Economist Yerbol Orynbayev: Oil crisis could push US inflation over the edge

US

Economist Yerbol Orynbayev: Oil crisis could push US inflation over the edge

Crude around $100

18 March 2026 • 4 min read

Central banks expected to hold rates and wait for 'fog' to lift

Economics

Central banks expected to hold rates and wait for 'fog' to lift

Fed, BoE, BoJ and ECB meetings this week

17 March 2026 • 3 min read

Fed remains hawkish on rates with prospect of hikes not off the table

Markets

Fed remains hawkish on rates with prospect of hikes not off the table

Inflation at 2.4%

19 February 2026 • 2 min read

Rathbones' David Coombs: Why we are not worried about the US

US

Rathbones' David Coombs: Why we are not worried about the US

'America is bigger than one man'

18 February 2026 • 4 min read

BCA Research's Matt Gertken: Do not bet on US constitutional collapse

US

BCA Research's Matt Gertken: Do not bet on US constitutional collapse

Checks and balances

12 February 2026 • 4 min read

Better-than-expected January US job numbers put pressure on Fed

US

Better-than-expected January US job numbers put pressure on Fed

Forecasts beaten

11 February 2026 • 1 min read

Kevin Warsh's surprise pick for Fed chair forces investors to rethink 'dollar debasement'

US

Kevin Warsh's surprise pick for Fed chair forces investors to rethink 'dollar debasement'

'Catalyst' for rapid repricing

03 February 2026 • 4 min read

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