Economy News Fed Rate Cuts Served As A Signal The Us Economy Was Headed For A Recession In 2007 That Might Not Be The Case This Time Around

Fed Rate Cut in October Is as Good as Done. December Is Where It Gets Interesting.

Federal Reserve officials have signaled they will cut interest rates again in October. But the December outlook is murky, especially given the government shutdown and dearth of official data. Read More

Recession fears mount as Fed says more rate cuts could follow hiring slowdown

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that a sharp slowdown in hiring poses a growing risk to the U.S. economy. Read More

Fed still poised to cut rates, but worries mount over US data vacuum

The Federal Reserve will go into a policy meeting next week with its view of the economy obscured by a U.S. government shutdown that has suspended the release of key data, a less-than-ideal situation ... Read More

Fed's Waller on board for an October rate cut, as Miran again presses for aggressive easing

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday he favors another interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's policy meeting later this month because of worrisome labor market ... Read More

Fed Minutes Cautiously Hint at More Rate Cuts. The Path Ahead Is Anything But Clear.

The minutes cover the Fed’s Sept. 16-17 policy meeting, where officials lowered rates by a quarter percentage point and signaled two more cuts by year-end. Read More

Fed could be cautious on rate cuts as GDP surges; potential inflation risks remain

The U.S. economy is showing surprising strength, with new government data revealing a faster pace of growth last quarter than previously estimated. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross ... Read More

OPINION | Hicks: Fed rate cuts can do only so much for U.S. economy

The Federal Reserve’s 0.25% interest rate cut, announced Sept. 17, will have little economic effect by itself. The most important aspect of the move is what it tells us about tariffs and the damage ... Read More

Fed minutes: Most officials supported further rate cuts as worries about jobs rose

Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, minutes from last month’s meeting showed. Read More

Treasury Secretary counselor says Fed rate cut is needed for the economy as worries continue about tariffs

The health of the US economy looks strong on paper, but Treasury counselor Joseph LaVorgna warns that high interest rates could become a headwind if the Fed does not act. “If monetary policy, by the ... Read More

Explainer-Why Trump's push for a 1% Fed policy rate could spell trouble for US economy

A Fed policy rate ... like the magnitude of cuts Trump envisions, he said. Daco, noting the unemployment rate is 4.1%, the economy is growing around 2% and inflation is about 2.5%, said: "From a data ... Read More