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Interest-Rate Cuts Could Resume With Trade Deals, Says Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee
Austan Goolsbee told a conference that while the economy is strong, that strength could erode if uncertainty lingers.
SA Sentiment: Expectations rise for just one Fed rate cut this year
Markets are pricing in one or two rate cuts this year from the current range of 4.25%-4.50%. Seeking Alpha readers also have ...
Waiting Game: Why Fed Isn’t Ready to Cut Rates (Yet)
The Fed was already walking a tightrope over a bottomless pit of stagflation before waves of tariffs came to rattle the line.
Fed ‘Well Positioned’ to Wait on Rate Cuts Even as Economic Risks Rise, Minutes Show
Officials at the Federal Reserve have adopted a wait-and-see approach to policy moves amid extreme uncertainty about the ...
New Zealand cuts rates 25 bps, flags slightly deeper easing cycle as global risks mount
New Zealand's central bank cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 3.25% on Wednesday and flagged a slightly deeper ...
Rate Cuts May Not Happen as Quickly—or Even at All This Year, Fed’s Collins Says
Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins is growing less confident that interest-rate cuts will be appropriate this ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell resists Trump’s rate cut demand, says ‘monetary policy will be based on non-political analysis’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell met with Donald Trump at the White House, assured the President that the Fed will base ...
When Will The Fed Cut Interest Rates?
The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm that the Federal Reserve has made a lot of progress on inflation.
Today's Mortgage Rates | Rates Up as Hopes for Fed Cuts Shrink
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been elevated this week as higher inflation looks more ...
Fed Doesn’t Cut Interest Rates Again—Despite Trump’s Demands—As It Warns Of Higher Unemployment Risk
The Fed is in a “good place to wait and see” before moving on interest rates, Powell said Wednesday. “We don't think we need ...
Tariff ruling likely delays inflation spike — and Fed rate cuts to Q4 at the earliest, says TD Securities
A U.S. court's ruling suspending most of President Trump's 2025 tariffs could delay inflation increases via the consumer-price index to a July to September timeframe, according to TD Securities. Those ...
Fed signals rates will remain unchanged despite market bets on looming cuts
That dilemma has not stopped traders from betting that by June a faltering economy will likely move the Fed to resume its rate cuts, ultimately lowering borrowing costs by a full ...