Federal Reserve president says rate cuts may not come in 2024

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said that interest rates may remain elevated for an "extended period" this year until policymakers see more evidence of inflation declining. Read More

Stocks surge as Fed Chair Jerome Powell signals further rate hikes ‘unlikely’

Traders have sharply downgraded their expectations since 2024 began, when they had expected up to six rate cuts. Read More

Stocks could tank after an ill-advised 'melt-up' if the Fed cuts rates to avoid recession

There's a growing risk that the Federal Reserve could spark a stock market melt-up, according to market veteran and investment strategist Ed Yardeni. The "Fed Put," or the idea that the Fed will save ... Read More

Fed president says next move likely to lower rates, but timing uncertain

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Monday that the central bank's next move will likely be to lower interest rates — though he didn't specify a timeline for when that will ... Read More

Fed Reluctance to Cut Rates Makes Easing Harder for Emerging Markets

Central banks in Brazil and Mexico that led the global fight against inflation could now be stuck with steep interest rates due, in part, to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s reluctance to cut. Read More

Hawkish Fed Risk Fades After Powell's Remarks: He 'Set The Bar Extremely High For Rate Hikes'

The Fed kept rates steady at 5.25-5.50%, shows caution on inflation and will continue to gradually reduce Treasury security redemptions while maintaining caps on debt and mortgage-backed securities. Read More

When Will Fed Cut Rates? as US Economy Flexes Its Muscles, Maybe Later or Not at All

Despite the Fed's aggressive streak of rate hikes in 2022 and 2023, which sent mortgage rates and other borrowing costs surging, the economy is defying long-standing expectations that it would weaken. Read More

How The Fed’s Interest Rate Hike Will Affect Savings Accounts

Kelly Anne has over ... rates after the Fed hike, it will do little to offset how inflation has weakened how far those extra dollars will go. Even in a low interest rate environment, it’s ... Read More

The Fed might not be done raising interest rates just yet

Then came March’s ... Fed signaled hikes it could not deliver; now the Fed may be signaling cuts that the inflation data do not justify,” they said in a note Thursday. The timing of that ... Read More

June Fed rate-hike risk looms as U.S. labor market stays strong

The once-unthinkable scenario of no interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve in 2024 is now giving way to another possibility: a slight chance of ... Read More