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Strong economic data are also pushing up yields by stirring speculation that the Fed may have to raise rates even higher than previously expected to cool a potentially overheating economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Douglass said he still thinks that inflation likely can return to the Fed’s 2% target without the need for much higher rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Some also keep substantial savings in money-market funds, where higher interest rates boost returns, said Ed Yardeni, head of advisory firm Yardeni Research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was 1.6% lower, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was down 0.6% and Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average was 0.8% higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
She would angle herself to fly up through the clouds, soaring higher and higher in the white blur of them.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
