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Why the Fed won't cut interest rates despite Trump’s pressure to lower them
The high level of tariff imposed – unless trade deals happen soon – could have an effect on prices and the US economy that the Fed doesn’t like: more inflation due to the higher costs of imported goods and, if this persists, even cracks in the labor market.
The rate has stayed above 4% for more than two years as the Fed has aimed to lower inflation by keeping borrowing costs high.
The median forecast among Fed officials for where the benchmark federal-funds ... rate futures are pricing in for this year: The CME’s FedWatch tool indicates investors expect a rate cut ...
The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady for nearly a year but made its first rate cut in September 2024 and then made another, albeit smaller, cut in November 2024. It is ...
The US CPI rose by 0.2% MoM after sliding -0.1% in March, the first decline since May 2020. Expectations were that CPI would ...
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