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Trump policies will affect Fed’s interest rate moves

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the 2025 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum on March 7, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for February was weaker than expected, but the silver lining is that the number of jobs added for the month was higher than in January. …

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China bond yields jump to three-month highs as investors pare rate cut expectations

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) building in Beijing, China, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.  Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s sovereign bond prices fell Monday, pushing yields to their highest levels this year, as investors trimmed holdings on bets that additional fiscal spending will boost growth and push back interest rate cuts. Yields on China’s 10-year government bond, which move …

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Trump policies will sway Fed’s interest rate moves

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 12, 2025.  Nathan Howard | Reuters What you need to know today Signs of deflation in ChinaChina’s national consumer price index fell by 0.7% in February from a year …

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