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PublishedDecember 18, 2024
US stocks fall sharply after Federal Reserve hints at just 2 rate cuts for 2025
While lower rates can goose the economy by making it cheaper to borrow and boosting prices for investments, they can also offer more fuel for inflation.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2024
Relief from higher rates is uncertain, as Fed signals slower move on cuts
Fed watchers see a greater chance the central bank may skip a rate cut at its last meeting of the year in December.
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PublishedOctober 22, 2024
IMF declares global fight against high inflation is ‘almost won’
In its latest assessment of the global economy, the International Monetary Fund predicted that worldwide inflation will cool from 6.7% last year to 5.8% this year and to 4.3% in 2025.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2024
U.S. retail sales ticked up last month in sign of ongoing consumer resilience
The Federal Reserve could provide an additional boost to consumers and the economy by lowering borrowing costs.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates fast enough to deliver a ‘soft landing’?
The rate cut expected Wednesday is likely to be just the first that should make borrowing more affordable now that the Fed has deemed high inflation to be all but defeated.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2024
Takeaways from Fed Chair Powell’s speech on interest rate cuts
Investors now expect the Fed to start cutting rates at its next meeting in September.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
Markets and households eagerly await Powell’s hints about Fed rate cut
Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech will offer the clearest clue yet about what the Federal Reserve plans to do with interest rates at its September meeting.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2024
Strategists warn of Trump challenging Fed’s independence
Donald Trump’s challenges of Fed independence, both during his presidential term and more recently on the 2024 campaign trail, have broken from a long-standing norm that presidents refrain from influencing Fed policymakers’ decisions.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2024
Federal Reserve says September interest rate cut could be ‘on the table’ as inflation cools
The Fed is seeking to strike a delicate balance: It wants to keep rates high enough for long enough to quell inflation, but also wants to avoid keeping borrowing costs so high that it triggers a recession.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2024
Federal Reserve edges closer to cutting rates. The question will soon be, how fast?
The Federal Reserve is expected to signal this week that it will likely reduce borrowing costs as soon as September.
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