The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 percentage points, bringing its benchmark rate range to 3.75%-4% and effectively making any type of debt (mortgages, credit cards, auto) a little bit pricier.
The feds have flicked on a big, bright “OPEN” sign with a new three-year immigration plan to get skilled workers into the country (and address that darn labour crunch).
Canadians are starting to feel the economic crunch as the Bank of Canada continues to try and combat inflation more stubborn than a toddler before naptime.
The Bank of Canada (BoC) surprised markets after hiking rates by 0.5 of a percentage point yesterday (bringing the base rate to 3.75%), below the 0.75 hike most economists expected.
Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative (FII) is bringing together the who’s who of global finance in Riyadh to talk shop, despite the icy chill hanging over Western relations.
It’s official: British Prime Minister Liz Truss did not outlast the lettuce.
After six weeks in office (the shortest tenure for a British prime minister), Truss was forced to resign in the wake of economic turmoil caused by her disastrous “mini-budget”.
US core inflation hit a four-decade high last month, which, to be clear, is the opposite of what Jerome Powell & Friends need to prove their plan to cool the economy and achieve a “soft landing” is working.
Driving the news: The core measure of the consumer price index–which excludes volatile energy and food prices–surged by 6.6% year-over-year last month, up from 6.3% in August.