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A Fed rate cut next month seemed doubtful. Here’s why it’s now likely to happen.

Despite dramatic differences among Fed officials, opinions are coalescing behind a third interest-rate cut in succession. Read More

Fed’s Williams Sees Room for ‘Near-Term’ Rate Cut

Market expectations of a December rate reduction jumped after a top ally of the Fed chair countered recent opposition to a cut. Read More

Fed's Collins: Monetary policy currently in right place, hesitant about cutting rates

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Saturday that she’s still leaning against the U.S. central bank cutting its interest rate target next month as it faces ongoing risks to ... Read More

Federal reserve officials sharply split over rate cut amid economic uncertainty

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

Fed’s December Cut Debate Heats Up, Now With More Data

Federal Reserve officials are sharply divided over whether to cut interest rates in December, with some citing cooling labor data and others warning inflation remains too high. The split has fueled ... Read More

Top Fed Official Boosts Odds of a December Rate Cut

John C. Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said the central bank had scope to lower borrowing costs “in the near term.” ... Read More

December rate cut odds swing back up sharply after NY Fed's Williams sees room for easing

Odds of another Federal Reserve interest rate cut in December surged on Friday after New York Fed President John Williams said there is "room" for more monetary policy easing. The move was an example ... Read More

Uncertainty Grows as Fed Officials Diverge on Rate Cuts

Mixed signals from Fed officials show deep divisions on another rate cut in December as inflation lingers and key data remains missing. Read More

Economy growing at ‘moderate pace,’ Fed says, but weaker labor market justifies rate cut

The Fed on Wednesday said the economy "has been expanding at a moderate pace," but it also contended that the risks of rising unemployment and "uncertainty about the economic outlook" necessitated a ... Read More

Inflation, politics and data blackout collide around Fed’s rate cut decision

The Federal Reserve is poised to cut interest rates again this week, but the environment surrounding that decision is unusually fraught for the central bank. A month-long government shutdown has ... Read More

The Fed has a strong case for an October rate cut - but investors should brace for anything

What the Fed says this week will matter more than ever. What is a central bank to do when it is flying blind? The U.S. stock market is being powered by the same tech-heavy optimism that has driven ... Read More

Fed Is Likely to Cut Rates Again as ‘Insurance’ Against a Weakening Economy

With the job market cooling and inflation still about a percentage point above the central bank’s 2% target, Fed officials have sought to balance both sides of their dual mandate by moving cautiously ... Read More