Overseas Headlines – September 19, 2025

September 19, 2025

United States:

Fed’s Kashkari Sees Two More 2025 Cuts Given Hiring Slowdown

 

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said he supported the US central bank’s decision to lower interest rates this week and penciled in two additional cuts this year.

 

“I believe the risk of a sharp increase in unemployment warrants the committee taking some action to support the labor market,” Kashkari said Friday in an essay published on his bank’s website.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/fed-s-kashkari-sees-two-more-2025-cuts-given-hiring-slowdown

 

Europe:

ECB Rates Mildly Supportive With No Need for Cut, Muller Says

 

The European Central Bank is running a slightly accommodative monetary policy and currently has no reason to lower borrowing costs any further, according to Governing Council member Madis Muller.

 

The economy is set to benefit from a pickup in domestic demand that will drive growth, the Estonian official said, as exporters navigate a complicated trade relationship with the US.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/ecb-rates-mildly-supportive-with-no-need-for-cut-muller-says

 

Asia:

Japan’s Inflation Slows Sharply on Subsidies Before BOJ Meet

 

The pace of Japan’s consumer inflation slowed abruptly on the back of government utility subsidies while remaining well above the Bank of Japan’s target hours before authorities are set to decide policy.

 

Consumer prices excluding fresh food rose 2.7% from a year earlier in August, slowing from a 3.1% gain in the previous month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported Friday.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-18/japan-s-inflation-slows-abruptly-on-subsidies-before-boj-meeting

 

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