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2026-09-16T16:22:25.843Z Thank you for following our live report before tomorrow’s interest rates decision.We are going to pause our coverage for now, but join us again tomorrow morning when we will be reporting on the latest interest rates news, analysis, and commentary. 2026-09-16T16:05:58.830Z Oxford Economics: Another 6-3 vote split expected Economics advisory firm Oxford Economics expects the MPC to vote to hold interest rates at 3.75%, with a 6-3 vote split.The three voting for a hike are expected to be the same MPC members who voted to hike rates in the previous meeting: Huw Pill, Megan Greene, Catherine L Mann. Alexander…

ElectronicsWomen customers make up 40% of high-end X camera buyers last yearFujifilm surpassed Nikon on global digital camera shipment volume last year. (Source photos by Nikkei)TAIYO SUZUKI and KEIGO YOSHIDASeptember 17, 2026 07:09 JSTTOKYO — Fujifilm has cracked the top three in digital camera shipments, an achievement that can be traced to the company’s efforts to reintroduce the joy of taking quality photographs to the smartphone generation.

Bitcoin faced this week’s second major Washington catalyst on Sep. 16, with the Federal Reserve hiking the interest rates after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act a day earlier. The Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to raise the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, its first increase since 2023. The Fed said inflation “remains elevated” and that the move would support a timelier return to its 2% target. The unanimous hike puts the central bank directly at odds with President Donald Trump, who has called for lower borrowing costs and said earlier this…

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Marc Benioff strode down Mission Street Tuesday afternoon toward Salesforce Tower, where he was set to host a private dinner as part of a whirlwind of events during the company’s annual Dreamforce conference. Some pedestrians stopped to take photos of the 6-foot-5 CEO, surprised he had taken to the streets. One person congratulated him on his keynote address earlier in the day; several bodyguards surrounded Benioff as he walked. Along the way, Benioff, still wearing the pinstripe suit and burgundy tie from the keynote, waved off concerns that AI could wipe out humanity, a topic that…

Fresh insights VC bets: paying off. Source: Getty Nothing ventured… San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System is looking to keep building relationships with high-conviction venture managers even as AI concentration increases within the asset class, our colleagues at Venture Capital Journal report (registration required). Venture has been the best-performing strategy in SFERS’ PE portfolio, returning 16.3

A J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. semitrailer parked at a freight depot in Indianapolis, Indiana, Jan. 15, 2022.Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of J.B. Hunt plunged 13% on Wednesday after the trucking company said it expects its earnings to drop in the third quarter.”We kind of want to be transparent with investors and give an update that in light of these costs that are sort of hitting us, we are expecting our Q2 to Q3 earnings to actually drop 5% to 10%,” Chief Financial Officer Brad Delco said at the Morgan Stanley Industrials conference.Delco said between recruiting, advertising,…

The other day I made $10 winning a set of tennis at a public park. It was a funny situation because I didn’t set out to make money playing tennis. It just happened. I was hitting with my long-time buddy, Richard, next to a young man and a couple of regulars. We asked them if they’d like to play doubles and mix things up. They said no, and we said no problem. But then one of the regulars said I should test my skills against the young man. I said sure, but the young man again said nah. Then the…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded the Federal Reserve slash interest rates to 1% “or less,” hours after the central bank announced its first rate hike since 2023.”We are ‘carrying’ almost every country in the World, and that cannot go on any longer,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.”LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!” he wrote.The Fed, led by Trump-picked Chairman Kevin Warsh, earlier Wednesday afternoon raised benchmark interest rates a quarter percentage point, to a target range of 3.75%-4%.The decision, by the 12-member Federal Open Market Committee, was unanimous.”Inflation remains elevated,” the…

Michael Kremer picked as World Bank chief economist (Bloomberg).  Here are many many previous MR posts on Kremer, of course Alex also worked with him on Operation Warp Speed. The post Very good news appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

Fed raises interest rates by quarter point to tackle inflation The Washington Post