Global Economic Outlook: Markets Await Fed Rates Statement
Global markets are cautious going into today (Wednesday’s) Federal Open Market Committee rates announcement. While many believe that the Fed may now back out of rates increases, US employment gains and calmer markets suggest the FOMC may be preparing to crank rates again. Widespread criticism and market turmoil, at the start of 2016, accused the Fed of getting the timing of their rates tightening completely wrong. While the criticism is fair – that the Fed has, historically, managed to mangle policy with uncanny accuracy – there are some indications that the Fed may continue tightening,....
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The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has warned that the global economic outlook “has darkened significantly,” emphasizing that, regarding a global recession, “we cannot rule it out.”
IMF Says Global Economic Outlook ‘Has Darkened Significantly’
Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), discussed the global economic outlook and the prospect of a global recession in an interview with Reuters Wednesday.
Commenting on the global economy, the IMF....