Why the Fed’s Waiting Game on Rate Cuts Could Extend Until September

Economists have shifted back their forecasts for lower borrowing costs as President Trump’s tariffs raised the risk of higher inflation and slower growth. Read More

Analyst resets Fed interest rate cut prediction after meeting

The prospect of tariffs fueling inflation later this year leaves the Federal Reserve in an impossible situation: Cut rates and risk runaway inflation, or increase rates and risk sending the economy ... Read More

Wobbling economy will push the Fed to cut interest rates later this year, CNBC survey finds

A 63% majority of respondents to the CNBC Fed Survey believe across-the-board 10% tariffs will likely remain on all U.S. imports after the completion of new trade deals. Strong majorities see tariffs ... Read More

US Fed pauses rate cuts again and warns of inflation, unemployment risks

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced another pause in rate cuts and warned of higher risks to its inflation and unemployment goals in a likely reference to President Donald Trump's tariff ... Read More

Fed keeps interest rates steady amid concerns on tariffs’ economic risks

The Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged Wednesday, choosing caution as President Trump’s trade upheaval rattles markets and clouds the outlook for inflation and growth. Read More

Fed sees rising risks to economy as it leaves rates unchanged

Instacart head Fidji Simo will step down to join OpenAI as its chief of applications, CEO and co-founder Sam Altman said on Thursday, adding she will report to him and that he will remain head of the ... Read More

Fed could cut rates later this year under 'smaller tariff' scenario, Fed Governor Waller says

"Considering all this uncertainty, it is impossible to forecast how the economy ... to continue on its path down towards our 2 percent target. In this case, 'good news' rate cuts are very much ... Read More

Trump says US economy in "transition," urges Fed to cut rates

President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. economy is in a transition stage, citing strong employment and his tariff plan while reiterating his call for the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower its ... Read More

Trump warns of economic slowdown unless Fed cuts rates, triggering selloff

(Reuters) -The U.S. economy ... rates are lowered immediately, President Donald Trump said on Monday, repeating his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who says rates should not ... Read More

Fed Chair Powell gives starkest warning yet on potential economic consequences from tariffs

With Trump’s tariffs putting the economy on a path toward weaker growth, higher unemployment and faster inflation — all ... that the Fed won’t enable the White House with rate cuts.” ... Read More

Trump’s trade war could force the Fed to cut rates. Here’s why that might not do borrowers much good.

In a post on X from Monday, Trump cheered the news, as well as a decline in global oil prices to a 4-year low, and called the Fed to cut its own benchmark rate ... economy means I’m not ... Read More

Trump warns of economic slowdown unless Fed cuts rates

The U.S. economy ... rates are lowered immediately, President Donald Trump said on Monday, repeating his criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who says rates should not be lowered ... Read More