Published on: Oct 14, 2025 01:15 pm IST The number of employees on payrolls reportedly dropped 10,000 in September following a revised increase of 10,000 the month before. The UK labor market showed further signs of stabilization in data released on Tuesday, with employers appearing to be past the worst of the shake-out triggered by…
World stocks posted their biggest fall in more than three weeks and the dollar rose on Thursday, as surprisingly strong U.S. growth figures cast doubt on how aggressive the Federal Reserve’s interest rate-cutting cycle will be. In my column today I look at the reasons why the Fed may one day consider replacing its current…
Producer prices in July rose faster than forecast across the board, giving investors and the Federal Reserve an inflation surprise just over a week out from Fed Chair Jay Powell’s crucial Jackson Hole speech. The Producer Price Index (PPI) for July showed inflation for businesses rose 0.9% over the prior month, well ahead of the…
(Corrects family name of economist in penultimate paragraph to Muguruma, not Muruguma) By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Pressure is mounting within the Bank of Japan to ditch a vaguely defined gauge of inflation as worries about second-round price effects prompt some board members to call for a more hawkish communication of policy and a clearer…