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What Fed is (likely) waiting for before lowering interest rates
The Federal Reserve is set to hold interest rates steady and hint it's in no hurry to cut as tariffs threaten to heat up inflation amid solid economy ...
Trump is desperate for a boost from the Fed. Here are 2 reasons the bank's hands may be tied.
The Fed is dealing with competing macroeconomic forces that could tie its hands and leave Powell and the central bank behind ...
Fed's Decision on Interest Rates This Week Seems Clear, Beyond That is Anyone's Guess
Although the Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold its key interest rate steady at its meeting on Wednesday, what ...
Powell won’t cut interest rates on Wednesday, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says. He suspects attacks on the Fed chair will escalate
Powell is not going to do anything,” Siegel said in an interview. “Trump, I think, is going to step up the escalation,” he ...
Wobbling economy will push the Fed to cut interest rates later this year, CNBC survey finds
A 63% majority of respondents to the CNBC Fed Survey believe across-the-board 10% tariffs will likely remain on all U.S.
WSJ’s Take On the Week Podcast: Former Fed Official Kaplan on the Rate-Cut Dilemma
Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates this year? How do Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other central bankers view the recent market volatility? Rob Kaplan, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs and former ...
Surprising jobs report resets Fed interest rate cut forecast
The Federal Reserve has been focusing on the jobs picture since last Fall, prompting Fed Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says bond yields are signaling it's time for the Fed to cut rates
The Treasury Secretary pointed to two-year Treasury yields as a signal that the market is ready for interest rate cuts from ...