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Trump wants the Fed to cut rates on Wednesday. Will Jerome Powell oblige?
President Trump wants the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates. Here's what experts predict at the central bank's May 7 ...
SA Sentiment echoes current Fed outlook despite rate cut pressure
The Federal Reserve is set to announce its monetary policy decision on Wednesday, with market participants widely expecting ...
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 ...
Bessent Says Markets Think Fed Should Cut Rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hinted the Federal Reserve ought to consider cutting rates by pointing to how shorter-dated ...
Fed Meeting Starts Today—Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Expect Interest Rate Cuts Despite Trump’s Demands
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will talk to reporters Wednesday as Trump deems him a “major loser” and a “total stiff.” ...
Bond market thinks Fed should cut rates, Treasury's Bessent says
The bond market is sending a signal that the Federal Reserve should be cutting interest rates, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott ...
Goldman pushes Fed rate cut to July after strong April jobs report
Following a better-than-expected April nonfarm payrolls report, Goldman Sachs now expects the Federal Open Market Committee ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bessent Says Two-Year Treasuries Signaling Fed Should Cut
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US Treasury market is telegraphing that the Federal Reserve ought to lower ...
Barclays, Goldman expect next Fed rate cut in July after jobs report
Barclays and Goldman Sachs said on Friday that they were expecting the U.S. Federal Reserve to deliver the next interest rate ...