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Uncertainties over economy threaten Federal Reserve interest rate cut

A December rate cut is far from certain as inflation continues to run above the Fed's target. At the same time, risks to the US job market remain. View on euronews ... Read More

Employment Report Doesn't Settle The Fed's Rate Cut Debate

The U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September, but mixed data left markets uncertain whether the Fed will cut rates in December. Read More

I Asked ChatGPT What Will Happen To the Economy If the Fed Keeps Cutting Interest Rates: Here’s What It Said

September, the U.S. Federal Reserve voted to lower interest rates by a quarter percent, moving the federal funds rate to a target range of 4.00% to 4.25%. It was the first rate drop in nine months, ... 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

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

Fed's Hammack warns more rate cuts court financial stability risks

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack warned Thursday that cutting rates further right now carries a wide range of risks for the economy. 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

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

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 president explains vote against interest rate cut

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second time in 2025 last week, though one member of the central bank's monetary policy committee voted against cutting rates, citing concerns over ... Read More

Future Fed Rate Cuts ‘Far’ From Certain After Divided Meeting

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second time this year, although Chair Jerome Powell said a third cut is “not a foregone conclusion.” WSJ’s Nick Timiraos explains the central bank’s ... 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 monthlong government shutdown has halted ... Read More