Latin America is anxiously counting the days to Nov. 5, when U.S. voters will choose between relative continuity under Vice President Kamala Harris or a return to policies that triggered volatility in the region's largest markets and economies under former president Donald Trump. Trade and tariffs, as well as monetary policy's effect on global interest rates, are likely the largest...

Latin America is anxiously counting the days to Nov. 5, when U.S. voters will choose between relative continuity under Vice President Kamala Harris or a return to policies that triggered volatility in the region's largest markets and economies under former president Donald Trump. Trade and tariffs, as well as monetary policy's effect on global interest rates, are likely the largest...

01:54 PM EDT, 10/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The Federal Reserve should gradually reduce its benchmark lending rate to help manage risks to inflation and the labor market, if the economy evolves as projected, Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan said Monday. Last month, the central bank's Federal Open Market Committee lowered interest rates by 50 basis points to a range of...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said Monday she sees more rate cuts ahead for the central bank and suggested she sees no reasons why the Fed can't also press forward with shrinking its balance sheet. If the economy evolves as I currently expect, a strategy of gradually lowering the policy rate toward a...