The U.S. Economy Is Cooling

The reports may bolster chances that the Federal Reserve will pause its run of interest-rate hikes, but inflationary pressures remain persistent.

By Reade Pickert & By Augusta Saraiva | May 11, 2023 at 12:09 PM

Photo: Workers powder-coat components at a facility in Williamsburg, Iowa. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

Applications for unemployment benefits climbed to a more than one-year high and wholesale inflation continued to moderate, adding to signs of softening in the economy.

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Hybrid Bonds Are Heating Up

By Caleb Mutua and Will Kubzansky | December 26, 2024

Moody’s Ratings updated its policies to make it simpler to determine how much of hybrid bond issues to consider as equity. “That shift in methodology helped to fuel the rebirth of this market.”

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However, high borrowing costs—which have kept the sector in a downturn for the past two years—may stay elevated for some time.

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Fed’s Focus Has Returned Firmly to Inflation

By Craig Torres | December 19, 2024

Policymakers don’t expect to reach their 2% inflation goal until 2027, so “from here on out, it is going to be much harder to get rate cuts without much further improvement on inflation.”

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