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’s Hammack Says Pause in Rate Cuts Is Her Base Case for Now

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said monetary policy is in a good place to pause and assess the effects of 75 basis points of rate cuts in the economy during the first quarter ... Read More

Former Fed economist warns more rate cuts might signal trouble, says this could be Powell's 'last cut'

Claudia Sahm, a former economist at the Federal Reserve, has issued a stark warning about the potential consequences of the Fed’s future rate cuts. Sahm, a prominent figure in the financial world, ... Read More

US Dollar Retreats as Prospect of Fed Rate Cuts Overshadows Growth Data

U.S. gross domestic product rose at a 4.3% annualized rate in the last quarter, the first estimate from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis showed. Economists polled by Reuters had ... Read More

Rising Unemployment Adds Pressure on the Fed to Consider More Rate Cuts

An unexpected jump in the unemployment rate Tuesday kept pressure on the Federal Reserve to rescue the job market by cutting interest rates. Read More

Fed delivers third straight rate cut but 'dot plot' projects just one cut in 2026

Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates for the third straight meeting on Wednesday while signaling there may be only one cut next year as rates get closer to a neutral level. The Fed lowered ... Read More

Fed cuts key rate, signals one more in 2026 as Powell speaks; S&P 500 rises (live coverage)

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate, as expected, while penciling in one further cut for 2026. The Fed projections provide a clue about what policymakers will do if the labor market ... Read More

Fed cuts interest rates for third straight time amid uncertainty over labor market, inflation

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its third interest rate cut of the year as policymakers moved forward with the cut to support the labor market despite elevated inflation. Fed policymakers ... Read More

Medium-term bonds signal Fed rate cuts will soon be ending

Bond traders seem to be betting that rates may already be close to a level that keeps inflation down and the labor market strong. On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee kicks off its ... Read More

Even If Fed Cuts Rates Again, US Economy May Not Get Much of a Boost

Federal Reserve officials are poised to cut interest rates again next week, but any benefit to the economy is likely to take much longer to show up than normal and may be blunted by factors that ... Read More

Future rate cuts might be harder to come by as Fed takes wait-and-see approach

The Federal Reserve might be entering an extended break from lowering interest rates after officials moved forward with another quarter-point cut as policymakers grapple with a challenging economic ... Read More