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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

Powell: Fed has ‘no risk-free path’ as unemployment, inflation rise

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces serious threats regardless of the approach the central bank takes to bringing down interest rates. In a Tuesday ... Read More

Wall Street Lunch: Strong Economic Reports Dent Rate Cut Hopes

Stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data, including Q2 GDP and durable goods orders, has reduced expectations for Fed rate cuts and boosted Treasury yields. CarMax (KMX) shares plunge after missing ... Read More

Fed Chair Powell Keeps Door Open For Interest Rate Cuts

Financial markets widely expect the Federal Reserve to cut borrowing costs again later this month. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell kept those expectations alive and well in remarks Tuesday. Read More

Unknowns cloud economy’s future despite return to growth and rate cut

WASHINGTON (TNND) — The U.S. economy has continued to be resilient despite a wave of uncertainty from uneven trade policy, warnings of increased costs due to tariffs and a slowing labor market but ... Read More

Fed's rate cut reveals how MAGA policies are pushing us toward stagflation | Opinion

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

Recession seems far off - that's the good news. Yet the economy is also far from trouble-free.

Customers shop at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York to buy the latest versions of the company's popular phones and other items. Enough trouble spots emerged in the U.S. economy to coax the ... Read More

4 Ways You Can Profit From the Fed’s Rate Cut, According to Finance Guru Graham Stephan

While the Fed’s rate cut marks the end of a tightening cycle, concerns over jobs, inflation and the national debt complicate the picture. Below, we explore five practical ways Stephan suggested to ... Read More

GDP revised up to strong 3.8% rate in second quarter, final estimate shows

The economy grew at a 3.8% annual rate in the second quarter of this year, an upward revision of five-tenths of a percentage point, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday morning. The ... Read More

What's next for credit cards, auto loans and other rates after the Fed's rate cut?

It's perhaps ... financial news out there, given that many market watchers expected just what the Fed delivered. And now the natural question is: What's next? One rate cut won't solve anyone's ... Read More