“making it clear that —while the Fed continues to be oriented towards moving rates carefully lower… it is now entering a different and more cautious phase of policy, with a more non ...

The fed-funds rate is now “significantly closer to neutral,” which is the rate at which the economy is in balance. “We're in a good place, but I think from here, it's a new phase,” Powell ...

“I think from here it’s a new phase and we’re going to ... inflation remains a thorn in the Fed's side. Headline PCE inflation is now expected to reach 2.5% in 2025, up from the September ...

The central bank official indicated that while he still sees the direction of rates being lower, the Fed likely will be on hold.

Fed officials opted Wednesday to hold interest rates steady as President Donald Trump’s tariffs unsettle the US economy.

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 ...

The Fed has now trimmed rates by 1 percentage point since ... with the central bank's new forecasts signaling the Fed has entered "a new phase of monetary policy, the pause phase," McIntyre ...

Powell said the Trump administration seems to be entering a “new phase ... but said the Fed hasn’t seen “big economic effects” in the data yet. People “are worried now about inflation.

By the fall of 2024, with inflation significantly cooled, the Fed moved to a rate-cutting phase, with rate reductions ... and Top-Paying CDs Are Smart Right Now Thanks to the Fed pushing interest ...

Now back in office, Mr. Trump has again begun berating Mr. Powell and the Fed, urging them to lower borrowing costs. But the economic circumstances today are drastically different from those of ...