Will the Fed cut rates today? See 5 economic charts that may determine its decision.

With the U.S. economy facing headwinds, the Federal Reserve faces pressure to trim interest rates this week for the first time since December 2024. Read More

The Fed’s Own Economists Disagree Where the Economy Is Heading

The median forecast among the central bankers puts the fed funds rate at 3.6 percent by year-end, though projections span from 2.9 percent to 4.4 percent. Powell, asked whether the historic downward ... Read More

‘No One Should Be Very Confident’: Four Economists Dissect Trump and the Economy

Ms. Patterson is an economist who has held senior roles at JPMorgan Chase and Bridgewater Associates. Mr. Cass, Dr. Furman and Dr. Summers are economists and contributing Opinion writers. Read More

Execs' economic outlook improves slightly

CPA business executives' outlook on the economy has slightly improved since last quarter, but they are still wary of inflation and tariff impacts. The third-quarter AICPA and CIMA Economic Outlook ... Read More

SPEECH BY CHAIR POWELL ON THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND FRAMEWORK REVIEW

At "Labor Markets in Transition: Demographics, Productivity, and Macroeconomic Policy," an economic symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, Wyoming Over the ... Read More

Takeaways: If you’re confused about what’s next for the US economy, so is the Fed

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the first time since December to support America’s faltering labor market. However, the economy’s path forward looks murky, according to the ... Read More

The Economy Is Starting to Pay for Trump’s Chaos

Mr. Bernstein was the chair of President Joe Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2023 to 2025. Mr. Cummings served the council as an economist from 2021 to 2023. Since President Trump took ... Read More

America’s job market flashes yet another warning sign about the economy

• The latest employment snapshot from the Bureau of Labor Statistics paints a bleak picture of the current state of the economy under President Donald Trump. • Labor market deterioration: Just 22,000 ... Read More

Fox News Has Gone Quiet on the Economy. That’s Very Bad News For Your Wallet.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of delivering, from the Oval Office, his own version of economic data, just days after firing the top Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ... Read More

Youngkin says Virginia economy is strong, downplays concerns about Medicaid and federal cuts

RICHMOND — For the last time in his four-year term, Gov. Glenn Youngkin presented the economic outlook for the commonwealth to the General Assembly money committees. According to the governor, the ... Read More

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns of a cloudy US economic outlook

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is cautious about the U.S. economic outlook, believing that the full effects of tariffs and other geopolitical headwinds have yet to fully unfold. Read More