{"id":653407,"date":"2026-05-20T00:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653407\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T00:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T00:40:19","slug":"inflation-fears-persist-globally-semafor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/653407\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation fears persist globally | Semafor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Iran war\u2019s inflationary pressures were unlikely to abate, analysts warned, even as US President Donald Trump said \u201cserious negotiations\u201d were underway with Tehran. <\/p>\n<p>Ratings agency Moody\u2019s chief economist warned that the Federal Reserve <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Markzandi\/status\/2056416751915544870\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">would be forced to consider rate hikes<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/markets\/interest-rates\/cme-fedwatch-tool.html?redirect=\/trading\/interest-rates\/fed-funds.html\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Traders are roughly 50-50<\/a> on rates either staying flat or rising by year-end, which would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/central-banking\/the-economy-kevin-warsh-is-inheriting-is-not-the-one-he-wanted-73ab43c2\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pile pressure on incoming Fed Chair Kevin Warsh<\/a>: Trump nominated him on the expectation of cuts. <\/p>\n<p>The Bank of England and European Central Bank have both warned that they may raise rates, while Bras\u00edlia raised inflation forecasts, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/brazil-lifts-inflation-outlook-oil-shock-sees-shallower-rate-cut-cycle-2026-05-18\/#:~:text=BRASILIA%2C%20May%2018%20(Reuters),more%20modest%20monetary%20easing%20cycle.\" class=\"_linkEmbed_10lxo_29\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">oil prices had increased 25% since its March forecast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/62fd6b1bc37ce7a9bf2bdcacf489a045ee5f2b89-1599x1365.jpg\"  alt=\" A chart showing the annual inflation rate in selected regions. \" width=\"740\" height=\"631\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"_imageEmbed_1jdgl_38 _fullContentArea_1jdgl_42\" style=\"max-width:100%;color:transparent\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Iran war\u2019s inflationary pressures were unlikely to abate, analysts warned, even as US President Donald Trump said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-653407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}