
MNI's key exclusive stories for this week:
MNI POLICY: Fed Hike In Doubt, Despite Pressure To Deliver Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is running out of reasons not to follow through on hawkish rhetoric with an interest rate hike as soon as this month, but the arguments for staying on hold that prevailed in July remain in place and a core group of FOMC members still prefers to wait and see how inflation plays out in the second half of this year.
MNI INTERVIEW: ISM Chief Concerned About Factory Slowdown U.S. manufacturing expanded at a slower pace in August and could slow even further in coming months, Institute for Supply Management manufacturing chair Susan Spence told MNI Tuesday.
MNI INTERVIEW: RBNZ Keeps Eye On Growth During Inflation Fight The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is trying to balance achieving its inflation target with protecting growth, which could lead to a slower pace of tightening than otherwise though it remains data-dependent, its Chief Economist Paul Conway told MNI.