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On the Future of the U.S. Economy
In September 2025, the U.S. Federal Reserve approved a quarter-point interest rate cut. The move came amid a softening labor market, above-target inflation, heightened uncertainty about Trump’s trade and tariff policy, and other conditions that present significant challenges to monetary policymakers. Against this backdrop, Susan M. Collins, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, discusses the United States’ current economic outlook.
Background Reading:
- This backgrounder unpacks the role of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and its ongoing struggles with inflation and political scrutiny.
Host: Seema Mody, Technology and Global Markets Correspondent, CNBC
Guest: Susan M. Collins, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
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Categories: Defense Policy
US conducts fourth air strike on boat in Caribbean Sea, killing four people
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the boat of 'trafficking narcotics' and pledged to continue the air strikes.
Categories: South Asia
What if … the world took action to end Israel’s war on Gaza next week?
Experts tell Al Jazeera what could happen if countries decided to unite against Israel's genocide.
Categories: South Asia
Injured Yamal out of Spain’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers, could miss Clasico
Yamal will miss the games against Georgia and Bulgaria, and may also be out of the El Clasico against Real Madrid.
Categories: South Asia
Man Utd manager Amorim can’t run away from results’
Manchester United are currently in the bottom half of the Premier League, where they also finished last season.
Categories: South Asia
Nepal’s leaderless Gen-Z revolution has changed the rules of power
Rising without a leader, Nepal’s youth broke a cycle of betrayal and showed where power truly lies.
Categories: South Asia
Trump issues Sunday ultimatum for Hamas to accept Gaza plan
US president has pushed a 20-point plan to 'redevelop' Gaza that critics say fails to support Palestinian sovereignty.
Categories: South Asia
What Israeli settler encroachment, intimidation look like in the West Bank
After an Israeli settler shot an activist in Umm al-Khair, he has returned with impunity, harassing the villagers.
Categories: South Asia
Russia escalates strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, gas sites as winter looms
Ukraine accuses Russia of weaponising winter, striking power grids and gas sites to deprive civilians of heat and water.
Categories: South Asia
‘On our own territory’: Colombia’s last nomadic tribe fights to return home
Disease decimated the isolated Nukak people of Colombia. Now, leaders are fighting deforestation to reclaim their lands.
Categories: South Asia
Czechs vote in elections that could usher in populist billionaire
Self-described 'Trumpist' Andrej Babis has campaigned on pledges of welfare and halting military aid to Ukraine.
Categories: South Asia
Pakistan FM says Trump’s plan to end Israel’s Gaza war was altered
The official objects to changes made to the US 20-point Gaza war plan, saying it deviates from the original draft.
Categories: South Asia
Why is Israel’s interception of the Gaza flotilla illegal?
Israel has intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to Gaza and detained hundreds of crew members.
Categories: South Asia
What are Trump’s new rules for universities to qualify for federal funding?
The White House sent the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education' to nine US universities.
Categories: South Asia
Israeli military intercepts last Gaza Flotilla boat
Israeli forces intercepted and boarded the Marinette, the last boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla that was still sailing.
Categories: South Asia
UK police urge cancellation of Palestine protest after Manchester attack
Protest group Defend Our Juries has said in response a planned demonstration for this weekend will still take place.
Categories: South Asia
“Pattern” emerging of EU airports disrupted by drones
“This is a worrying portent of the nature of security threats to airports, in particular, to come.”
Categories: South Asia
FIFA “violating its own commitments” by not banning Israel
Omar Shakir talks about FIFA and whether Israel should be allowed to play as its military carries out a genocide in Gaza
Categories: South Asia
Is sea blockade of Gaza a “war crime”?
Professor Douglas Guilfoyle explains the legal ins and outs of Israel’s Gaza blockade.
Categories: South Asia
Are internet rumours of a comet hurtling towards Earth true?
Space agencies say the comet, 3I/ATLAS, poses no danger, despite viral conspiracy claims.
Categories: South Asia
