U.S. Federal Reserve | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/u-s-federal-reserve/ Canada's news source for financial professionals Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:27:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png U.S. Federal Reserve | Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com/tag/u-s-federal-reserve/ 32 32 Canadian, U.S. stock markets fall amid central bank rate decisions https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/canadian-u-s-stock-markets-fall-amid-central-bank-rate-decisions/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:09:02 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=534234 The Middle East war has made it difficult for anyone to make economic forecasts

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]]> U.S. stocks slump on worries about higher oil prices, inflation and interest rates https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/u-s-stocks-slump-on-worries-about-higher-oil-prices-inflation-and-interest-rates/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:21:03 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=534123 On Wednesday, the Fed's Powell said it's unclear what will happen with oil prices, tariffs

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]]> Markets edge higher ahead of interest rate decisions from BoC and Fed https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/markets-edge-higher-ahead-of-interest-rate-decisions-from-boc-and-fed/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:57:52 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=534097 Investors will be parsing central bank comments for clues

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]]> Iran war upends Federal Reserve’s next steps https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/iran-war-upends-federal-reserves-next-steps/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:56:41 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=534039 With fuel prices likely to stoke inflation, projected rate cut less certain this year

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]]> BlackRock points to ‘unusually attractive’ opportunities in fixed income https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/blackrock-points-to-unusually-attractive-opportunities-in-fixed-income/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:30:37 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=532416 However, asset manager says window won’t remain open forever

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]]> Fed’s Waller says rate cut in March is a ‘coin flip’ https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/feds-waller-says-rate-cut-in-march-is-a-coin-flip/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:10:51 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=532331 U.S. central bank governor pegs decision on strength of labour market

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]]> Fed minutes: Lower inflation needed before many officials will support rate cuts https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/fed-minutes-lower-inflation-needed-before-many-officials-will-support-rate-cuts/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:37:21 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=532083 The minutes underscored the deeply divided nature of the committee

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]]> Federal Reserve governor Miran steps down from White House post https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/federal-reserve-governor-miran-steps-down-from-white-house-post/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:15:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=531032 Trump appointed Miran in September to a seat on the Fed's seven-member board of governors

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]]> S&P/TSX composite rises on broad-based gains, U.S. stock markets also higher https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/sp-tsx-composite-rises-on-broad-based-gains-u-s-stock-markets-also-higher/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 22:08:37 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=530902 PMI data for both countries improved in January

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]]> Carney calls Trump’s Fed chair pick a ‘fantastic choice’ https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/carney-calls-trumps-fed-chair-pick-a-fantastic-choice/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:07:50 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=530775 Kevin Warsh's time as a Fed official overlapped with Carney's tenure as BoC governor

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