Confounding US economic, inflation data cloud Fed's rate path

The Federal Reserve's latest financial stability report was good news for anyone worried that a record run of interest rate hikes might overstress the banking system or trigger a recession with ... Read More

Soft Landing or No Landing? Fed’s Economic Picture Gets Complicated.

Rather than settling down, the economy appears to be booming as prices continue to climb more quickly than usual. A “no landing” outcome might ... cause problems for the Federal Reserve ... Read More

US Economy News Today: Federal Reserve's Path Forward May Get Murkier

She is the Economics Editor for news at Investopedia. Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy ... Federal Reserve. “How You Might ... Read More

US Economy News Today: Will the Federal Reserve Still Cut Rates Three Times This Year?

She is the Economics Editor for news at Investopedia. Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial ... the picture of an economy that may still be running hot, while Federal Reserve speakers including ... Read More

Federal Reserve

Buying a house just became even more expensive ... for inflation to reach the central bank's 2% target. New data from the New York Federal Reserve found that the reservation wage, which is the ... Read More

Is the Boom-and-Bust Business Cycle Dead?

And there is some evidence that the current spurt of economic growth may have not just months ... that prompts the Federal Reserve to push the economy into recession. “Financial reporters ... Read More

US Economy News Today: Federal Reserve Officials Double Down on Murkier Forecasts

She is the Economics Editor for news at Investopedia. Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial ... just one rate cut in 2024, likely coming in the fourth quarter, compared with the Federal Reserve ... Read More

Federal Reserve Adjusts Economic Strategy Amid Inflation Concerns

Recent remarks from Federal Reserve officials suggest a strategic pivot that may have significant ... about structural economic challenges. Fears of perpetuating financial-market speculation ... Read More

Federal Reserve: Heat isn't just a killer, it's a drag on Phoenix economy and it will get worse

The economy of metro Phoenix is solid ... attention to this issue,” wrote officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in a new blog report. “Phoenix — and Arizona more broadly ... Read More

Understanding The Federal Funds Rate

The federal funds rate is one of the Federal Reserve’s ... rates throughout the economy, increasing the supply of money and making it cheaper to get credit. This may cause moments of low or ... Read More

Federal Reserve Chair Powell on the Economy

Chair Powell overviewed Federal ... Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Macroecono… Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks about monetary policy and interest rates at the Economic Club of New ... Read More