Economy News Fed Rate Hikes Don T Just Fight Inflation They Hurt Economy Over Long Term, Study Says

Even if Fed cuts rates again, U.S. economy may not get much of a boost

Rate-sensitive industries, like housing, could see a limited benefit from lower borrowing costs because prices remain near record highs. Read More

A Fed Rate Cut May Be Coming—But At What Cost

Markets expect the Federal Reserve to make another quarter-point rate cut as policymakers weigh a softening job market against lingering inflation pressures. Read More

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge stayed elevated in September as spending weakened

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation slowed a bit in September, likely easing the way to a widely expected interest rate cut by the central bank next week. Read More

Inflation didn’t get any worse before the government shutdown. The Fed is expected to cut rates again.

The rate of U.S. inflation stayed stuck close to 3% before the government shutdown, a long delayed report showed, adding a final piece of the puzzle before the Federal Reserve votes on whether to cut ... Read More

The economy muddled along during the shutdown, the Fed found. Is another rate cut on tap?

Just two weeks before a pivotal meeting, the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy has been just muddling along as of late. Read More

Fed governor says current economy is 'calling for large interest rate cuts' to help job market

Fed governor Stephen Miran calls for large interest rate cuts, warning that current policy is "holding the economy back" and pushing unemployment higher. Read More

Sharp disagreements over economy threaten Federal Reserve interest rate cut

What was once seen as a near-certain cut in interest rates next month now looks more like a coin flip as Federal Reserve officials sharply disagree over the economy’s health and whether stubborn infla ... Read More

Jobs Report Shocks Market: Is the Fed About to Hike Rates Again?

The U.S. economy added a surprisingly robust number of jobs in October, challenging market expectations and placing the Federal Reserve in a complex position ahead of its final meetings of the year. Read More

Jerome Powell’s era of consensus at the Fed is over

Federal Reserve policymakers are split over whether they should continue cutting interest rates, ending a period of consensus that has defined Chair Jerome Powell’s leadership of the central bank. The ... Read More

Tariffs have surprising effect on unemployment and inflation patterns, Fed analysis reveals

The San Francisco Federal Reserve warns that current tariffs are "unprecedented in magnitude" compared to 40 years of trade data, making economic predictions uncertain. Read More

The Fed Is Increasingly Torn Over a December Rate Cut

The path for interest-rate cuts has been clouded by an emerging split within the central bank with little precedent during Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s nearly eight-year tenure. Officials are ... Read More