Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Business

Fed in a trust-but-verify moment as inflation falls

In economic projections issued after their December meeting U.S.

January 30, 2024
Fed in a trust-but-verify moment as inflation falls
Business

US economic expansion likely hinges on a nimble Fed this time

It took a stock market crash, a housing crash and a pandemic to kill the last three U.S. economic expansions.

April 26, 2024
US economic expansion likely hinges on a nimble Fed this time
Business

Fed's Bostic: No 'urgency' for rate cuts

There is no current "urgency" for the Federal Reserve to reduce U.S. interest rates given the strength of the economy and the need to be sure that inflation

April 26, 2024
Fed's Bostic: No 'urgency' for rate cuts
Business

Exclusive-Fed's Bostic sees two rate cuts in 2024, likely starting in third quarter

The Federal Reserve can begin reducing interest rates "sometime in the third quarter" of 2024 if inflation falls as expected, Atlanta Fed President Raphael

July 02, 2024
Exclusive-Fed's Bostic sees two rate cuts in 2024, likely starting in third quarter
Business

Markets outpacing the Fed may be in for a Christmas season scolding

After their meeting five weeks ago, U.S.

April 26, 2024
Markets outpacing the Fed may be in for a Christmas season scolding
Business

Three job signals to console the Fed, and a yellow flag

The October jobs report likely was a relief to Federal Reserve officials who hope the U.S. economy can edge down softly from a period of high inflation and

April 26, 2024
Three job signals to console the Fed, and a yellow flag
Business

Uncertainty, growth risks put Fed on cautious footing last month, minutes show

Uncertainty around the path of the U.S. economy, including difficulties estimating the state of financial markets, potential oil price shocks, and the impact

April 26, 2024
Uncertainty, growth risks put Fed on cautious footing last month, minutes show
Business

Fed's Bostic: Rising long bond yields not having excessive impact on economy

The steady rise in long-term U.S.

April 26, 2024
Fed's Bostic: Rising long bond yields not having excessive impact on economy
Business|Economy

Price cuts, weaker spending could bolster Fed's faith in inflation outlook

Price cuts by major U.S. retailers and new data showing a slowdown in consumer spending may boost the Federal Reserve's confidence in falling inflation and

May 31, 2024
Price cuts, weaker spending could bolster Fed's faith in inflation outlook
Business|Economy

Amid doubts, Fed officials kept disinflation faith at last meeting

Federal Reserve officials at their last policy meeting said they still had faith that price pressures would ease at least slowly in coming months, but doubts emerged

May 22, 2024
Amid doubts, Fed officials kept disinflation faith at last meeting
Economy

Fed shifts talk to 'scenarios' as policy grows less certain

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a May 1 press conference he didn't want to talk about economic "hypotheticals," but that's what he and other U.S.

May 22, 2024
Fed shifts talk to 'scenarios' as policy grows less certain
Business|Economy

Fed's Cook says households, banks, firms largely in solid financial shape

U.S. households, banks and firms are largely in solid financial shape, with the means at hand to cover debt payments and with strong enough buffers to absorb

May 22, 2024
Fed's Cook says households, banks, firms largely in solid financial shape
Economy

Inflation "settling" high could pose new risks for the Fed, economy

Inflation lodged above the U.S.

May 07, 2024
Inflation "settling" high could pose new risks for the Fed, economy
Economy

Fed could keep monetary policy tight for longer if needed, Jefferson says

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson, in remarks devoid of any mention of interest rate cuts, said on Tuesday "it will be appropriate to hold in place

April 26, 2024
Fed could keep monetary policy tight for longer if needed, Jefferson says
Economy

Fed projections to show if rate cut outlook stays intact through strong data

No one expects the Federal Reserve to change interest rates at next week's policy meeting, but whether officials hold to their previous rate-cutting outlook

April 26, 2024
Fed projections to show if rate cut outlook stays intact through strong data
Economy

Fed's Bostic: No urgency to cut interest rates given US economy's strength

The U.S.

March 04, 2024
Fed's Bostic: No urgency to cut interest rates given US economy's strength
Economy

Fed cautious on a rate cut case that has yet to be made

U.S.

February 23, 2024
Fed cautious on a rate cut case that has yet to be made
Economy

US inflation data for January made Fed's job 'harder,' Barkin says

Inflation data in January, with consumer and wholesale prices rising faster than anticipated, complicate upcoming U.S. central bank interest rate decisions,

April 26, 2024
US inflation data for January made Fed's job 'harder,' Barkin says
Economy

Fed's Waller says post-pandemic response to inflation was 'not textbook'

The Federal Reserve bound itself to promises during the coronavirus pandemic that proved too constraining once inflation started to surge, forcing the U.S.

April 26, 2024
Fed's Waller says post-pandemic response to inflation was 'not textbook'
Economy

US wealth inequality grew worse through current recovery, NY Fed study shows

The inflation-adjusted wealth of white households in the U.S. grew faster than that of Black and Hispanic households from the start of 2019 through the third

April 26, 2024
US wealth inequality grew worse through current recovery, NY Fed study shows
Economy

Fed can be 'prudent' in weighing rate cuts, Powell tells '60 Minutes'

The U.S.

April 26, 2024
Fed can be 'prudent' in weighing rate cuts, Powell tells '60 Minutes'
Economy

Analysis-Productivity bump another step for Fed toward inflation "confidence"

U.S. worker productivity gains running well above the long-term average may help buttress the Federal Reserve's faith that inflation is contained and further

April 26, 2024
Analysis-Productivity bump another step for Fed toward inflation "confidence"
Economy

Fed shifted to rate cuts in 2019, but it took time to get there

U.S.

January 31, 2024
Fed shifted to rate cuts in 2019, but it took time to get there
Economy

Fed's Bostic says open to earlier rate cuts on faster drop in inflation

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said on Thursday he was open to reducing U.S. interest rates sooner than he had anticipated if there is "

January 18, 2024
Fed's Bostic says open to earlier rate cuts on faster drop in inflation
Economy

As inflation slows, the job market gains Fed mindshare

The slide in inflation that gathered pace at the end of 2023 has begun shifting attention at the U.S.

January 11, 2024
As inflation slows, the job market gains Fed mindshare

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