A quarter-point cut is widely expected, but a combination of strong economic data and President-elect Donald J. Trump’s ...
It presents the Fed with a conundrum: At a time when it's just getting started with long-awaited interest-rate cuts, the ...
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And Deutsche Bank chief U.S. economist Matthew Luzzetti notes it’s a “hawkish” outlook for the Fed heading into 2025, nodding to the potential for “stickier” inflation due to tariffs. 4% to 4.5%.
The Fed should target nominal gross domestic product, Patrick Horan and David Beckworth write in a guest commentary.
New York Times Fed and economy reporter Jeanna Smialek discusses what to expect from Fed policy under a second Trump ...
Yet during his previous term in the White House, Trump publicly attacked Chair Jerome Powell after the Fed raised rates to fight inflation, and he may do so again. The economy is also clouding the ...
Overall inflation slowed in September from a year earlier, though some signs of stubbornness lingered under the surface.
In an economic chain reaction, households would then pay higher interest rates on borrowing of all kinds as the Fed moves ...