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The pivot from rate hikes in 2022 and 2023 to rate cuts was widely forecast, and a big reason behind the S&P 500's epic 24% ...
The central bank remains cautious, even as calls for rate cuts grow louder from the White House and other policymakers.
Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell has reiterated that rate decisions will be data-driven — by inflation, and employment.
There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle among Federal Reserve Board officials over the forecast for interest rate cuts. These are the same rate cuts that rattle and roll every aspect of the U.S. economy ...
The market currently projects an interest rate cut in the fall, though two Fed officials floated the possibility of a rate ...
The minutes reveal more closely the behind closed doors thinking between the U.S.’ top policymakers with the Fed under barrage from the White House.
The newly published meeting minutes highlighted a divide over how Federal Reserve officials expect the economy to respond to ...
The U.S. central bank’s decision to hold interest rates steady in June was unanimously supported, but officials were starting ...
“Although swings in net exports have affected the data, recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace,” the Fed said in its statement. “The unemployment rate ...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday between 4.25% and 4.5% – exactly as interest-rate traders' bets had predicted after the policy-making body's meeting in early May. The ...
Before rates can be cut, Fed officials are waiting for evidence that inflation is closer to the 2% target level. The main question right now is how long it will take for them to get there.
The Fed also kept its forecast for two cuts in 2025. ... The Federal Reserve raised interest rates dramatically in 2022 and 2023, then eased them in late 2024, ...