Inflation? Recession? How Fed rate hikes and economy's outlook compares ...

Inflation? Recession? How Fed rate hikes and economy's outlook compares with soft landings of past. ... In the past year, Freddie Mac's reported 30-year mortgage rates have risen from 3.6% to 6. ... Read More

Federal Reserve's rate hikes likely to cause a recession ... - CBS News

Federal Reserve issues 8th consecutive interest rate hike 00:22. Yet Philip Jefferson, a member of the Fed's Board of Governors, offered remarks Friday at the monetary policy conference that ... Read More

Federal Reserve rate hikes likely to cause a recession, research ... - PBS

Can the Federal Reserve keep raising interest rates and defeat the nation's worst bout of inflation in 40 years without causing a recession? Not according to a new research paper. Read More

Economy’s solid growth could require more Fed hikes to fight ...

Since Powell spoke at last summer’s Jackson Hole conference, the Fed has raised its benchmark rate to a 22-year high of 5.4%. From a peak of 9.1% in June 2022, inflation has slowed to 3.2% ... Read More

Fed’s rate hikes likely to cause a recession, research says

When inflation soars, as it has for the past two years, the Fed typically responds by raising interest rates, often aggressively, to try to cool the economy and slow price increases. The Fed’s ... Read More

The Fed's soft landing: Lower inflation with losing jobs and ... - NPR

The Fed's soft landing: Lower inflation with losing jobs and causing a recession Inflation is sky high. The Federal Reserve wants to bring it back to earth without crashing the economy. Read More

Inflation, consumer spending gauges show Fed rate hikes are slowing U.S ...

Inflation, consumer spending gauges show Fed rate hikes are slowing U.S. economy Prices rose 5% last month from a year earlier, down from a 5.5% year-over-year increase in November, according to ... Read More

Interest rates: What to know about the Federal Reserve’s historic ...

The Federal Reserve approved a fourth-straight rate hike of three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday as part of its aggressive battle to bring down the white-hot inflation that is ... Read More

U.S. economy unexpectedly accelerates despite Fed hikes

The U.S. economy surprisingly accelerated to a 2.4% annual growth rate from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of steadily higher interest rates resulting from the ... Read More

Interest Rates Going up, Inflation Slowing: Still 'Risk of Recession ...

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates again this week. Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen said given the continued hikes, the "risk of recession" persists. Some Democratic lawmakers have ... Read More

As inflation eases, U.S. economy looks a little less bleak

And the Fed's rate hikes, if carried out far enough and long enough, can weaken the economy so much as to trigger a recession. Bank of America chief economist says 2023 "could be a difficult year ... Read More

GDP growth slowed sharply in latest quarter amid Fed rate hikes

The U.S. economy slowed sharply from January through March, decelerating to just a 1.1% annual pace as higher interest rates hammered the housing market and businesses reduced inventories ... Read More