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Central banks may wish they’d been more careful what they’d wished for
US central bank’s rate-raising campaign thrown off course by worst bout of financial turmoil since 2008 crisis
Survey comes as traders scale back expectations of tightening amid worries about financial instability
Other charts of the week: marriage and remote working, Europeans love SUVs, Britons approve of EU leaders and they support nurses and ambulance strikes
Comments by activist investor come ahead of US central bank’s rate-setting meeting next week
Buyout titans weigh purchases from Silicon Valley Bank loan book
Data comes as central bank contends with broader concerns about how rising interest rates have affected lenders
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
Fed predicted to increase by 0.25% in March after day of mixed economic data and collapse of SVB
Richmond Fed president Thomas Barkin tells the FT he remains undecided on decision amid persistent inflation
Impact of changing conditions on inflation and energy prices underlines investors’ skittish mood
Beliefs in an immaculate disinflation with only mild job losses could soon be put to the test
Robust employment and cooling hourly earnings cloud Federal Reserve’s outlook
Investors and the Fed need to keep an eye on speculative positioning and generational bias
Hot damn
US central bank must decide whether to return to more aggressive increases amid economic uncertainty
Fed chief says pace of rate rises matters in battle against inflation
The bad news is it is highly likely that achieving the central bank’s inflation target will lead to a US recession
High-stakes testimony before Senate committee comes as central bank struggles to cool US economy
A period of very slow activity, if not a recession, still seems likely but if growth picks up, rates will have to rise further
And what it might do instead
Comments reflect increasing concern about persistent inflation and global trends fuelling price pressures
Sticking rigidly to existing inflation targets risks snuffing out nascent growth
Yield on two-year Treasury note hovers nears 5% as investors brace for further Fed rate rises
And what it means for the economy
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