Tag: elevated

How to manage retirement savings with interest rates remaining elevated

Savers, time for your happy dance. Interest rates will stay higher for longer in 2024. The Federal Reserve held interest rates at a 23-year high this week while curtailing its estimate of rate cuts this year from three to one. Elevated rates are certainly sweet news for short-term savers, “with the top yields on savings […]

Marathon Petroleum beats Q1 profit estimates on elevated fuel demand, tight supplies

By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -Top U.S. refiner Marathon Petroleum beat first-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, as demand for refined products remained at high levels and global fuel supplies tightened due to refinery maintenance activities and disruptions in Russia. The refiner also announced a $5 billion increase to its share repurchase authorization. Heavy refinery maintenance work […]

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a burden for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Friday’s report from the government showed that prices rose 0.3% from February to March, the same […]

Elevated inflation likely to delay rate cuts this year

US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has cautioned that persistently elevated inflation is likely to delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer rates. “Recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence” that inflation is coming fully under control and “instead indicate that it’s […]

Inflation expected to remain elevated as rate cut debate takes center stage

On Wednesday, investors will digest one of the most important data points the Federal Reserve will consider in its next interest rate decision: March’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). The inflation report, set for release at 8:30 a.m. ET, is expected to show headline inflation of 3.4%, an acceleration from February’s 3.2% annual gain in prices, […]

Elevated fire weather conditions continue in Shenandoah Valley

The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement in effect through 8 p.m. Thursday for portions of Virginia, Maryland, and Eastern West Virginia. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected through this evening across portions of Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and Virginia. Dry conditions continue with relative humidity values expected to drop between 15-20 percent, […]