Bloomberg Indonesia’s central bank could settle for quarter-point moves at its upcoming policy rate meetings after September inflation came in lower than estimates despite the fuel price hike, economists said. Maybank Investment Banking Group trimmed its forecast for Indonesia’s 2022 average inflation to 4.5% from 5.2%. To be sure, the increase in transport fares and the rebound in consumer demand ...

  Bloomberg US equity-index futures fall as investors took a pause from a rally driven by bets for less hawkish central banks, and sought more evidence that inflation is moderating. December contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.9% each after the underlying indexes scaled two-week highs. Treasuries slid across the curve and the dollar rose for the ...

  Bloomberg One by one, short sellers are being forced to capitulate as market expectations grow for a slower pace of central bank tightening. Whether in stocks or bonds, bearish bets are being dealt a blow as US data begin to reflect the fallout from the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes. A dovish pivot by the Reserve Bank of Australia ...