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Inflation and trade whiplash expected to keep interest rate cuts on hold
The Federal Reserve is finding fewer reasons to get out of its interest rate holding pattern with constantly evolving trade policy from the White House.
Why a former Fed chief says the China trade deal creates more problems for Powell and the central bank
Former Fed president Bill Dudley warned that the central bank risks mistiming interest rate cuts if the economy stumbles into ...
Before resuming interest rate cuts, Fed official seeks 'a lot' more good inflation reports
Chicago Fed chief Austan Goolsbee called the April inflation report 'comforting' but said he needs to see several more as ...
Bitcoin breakout to $120K on radar as markets forget Fed July rate cut
Bitcoin continues to range around $103,000 as bulls struggle to keep upside momentum going. Traders favor short-term BTC ...
Inflation just hit a 4-year low. Don't expect price relief to last even as trade wars die down.
The Fed is aiming to reduce the annual rate of inflation to 2% a year, but it uses a different price gauge known as the PCE to determine whether to raise or lower interest rates. The PCE report is ...
Inflation Remained Tame In April But Fed Rate Cuts Still Appear Months Away At The Earliest
Investors were bracing for a clear sign of tariff-related pricing pressure in the April consumer inflation report, but ...
North American Morning Briefing: Stock Futures Broadly Flat as Trade Tensions Ease
Stock futures traded broadly flat on Wednesday, having racked up solid gains the previous session thanks to a cooler-than-expected inflation reading and news of artificial intelligence investments ...
An Inconclusive Inflation Report
Hyperbole aside, last month’s inflation rate was lower than economists expected. But some analysts believe the relatively strong report could be the final calm before the storm, as American firms ...
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Federal Reserve won’t cut interest rates in June or July as it sees no need to bail the economy
The Fed will not cut interest rates in June or July, with the first cut now expected in September. Wall Street traders have ...
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Crypto Market Moves On as Trump Pushes Fed to Lower Interest Rates
Trump calls fruitlessly for rate cuts, but crypto stays bullish with new narratives like US-China trade deals and tech ...
J.P. Morgan lowers 2025 recession expectations to 'below 50%,' expects Fed to cut rates once in December
J.P. Morgan chief U.S. economist Michael Feroli has dialed back his forecast for a recession in 2025 to "below 50%," according to a report shared with MarketWatch on Tuesday. Feroli also pushed back ...
It would take a lot for Fed policy makers to even think about a rate hike, economist says
Steven Ricchiuto, economist at Mizuho Securities, doesn't expect the Federal Reserve to cut rates at all in 2025, at odds with market expectations that have priced in three to four 25-basis-point cuts ...