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The Fed’s Recent Rate Decisions Have Been Divisive. It Is Likely to Get Worse.

The last three policy votes have featured some form of dissent, as officials grapple with how to weigh a softening labor market and resurgent inflation. Read More

The shutdown is complicating the Fed’s ability to help the economy

The Federal Reserve was already facing one of its most difficult battles, steering a shifting economy through a weakening labor market and stubborn inflation. The government shutdown just made that ... Read More

Ray Dalio warns Fed is stimulating the economy into a bubble

The US Federal Reserve’s decision to ease monetary policy is inflating an economic bubble that could drive up the prices of hard assets, but also marks the final phase of a 75-year economic cycle, ... Read More

Trump Aides Raise Recession Fears, and Point Fingers at the Fed

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said some sectors were in a recession as he argued for more interest rate cuts. Read More

Why The U.S. Economy Is Growing

Discover how ample liquidity and careful Fed policies are driving U.S. economic growth despite recession fears. Read More

What today's inflation report says about the economy — and Social Security checks

Because of the shutdown, the federal government is belatedly releasing new Consumer Price Index numbers, which the Social Security Administration needs to adjust for next year's benefits. Well, much ... Read More

Takeaways: Fed Chair Powell says don’t count on a December rate cut

President Donald Trump has spent much of the year urging the Federal Reserve to deliver aggressive rate cuts in order to boost the economy. But the government shutdown ironically threatens the very ... Read More

The Fed's message to investors needs to be much clearer when the data is so cloudy

U.S. central bank should do more to help Americans navigate this unfamiliar and unpredictable economy The Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, need to guide investors through current economic ... Read More