Economy News Powell Says U S Economy Is In ‘solid Shape’ — And The Fed Intends To Keep It That Way

Powell’s Tight Fed Stance Tests Markets

Amid steady interest rates and sticky inflation, a panel on The Big Money Show weighed whether Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s “restrictive” stance risks damaging financial markets. The ... Read More

Jerome Powell says the AI hiring apocalypse is real: ‘Job creation is pretty close to zero’

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell drew a stark picture of a labor market that looks fine on the surface—4.3% unemployment, solid consumer spending—but is quietly losing momentum underneath. Once you ... Read More

The last Fed meeting of the year is approaching. Here's where we could be headed

NPR's A Martinez speaks with the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago about the economic outlook ahead of the last Fed meeting of the year. Read More

Powell said the Fed will know if something big happens to the U.S. economy

Jerome Powell said the government shutdown would not prevent the Federal Reserve from recognizing if the U.S. economy suddenly faced great difficulty or showed a big rebound. "I think if something ... Read More

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Warned Investors About the Stock Market -- President Trump's Tariffs Make the Warning More Dire

The stock market faces significant challenges in the near term, including high valuations, a weakening economy, and dismal consumer sentiment. Read More

Fed meeting as it happened: Powell says don't count on a December rate cut

Heather Timmons runs the Live Page during Americas hours, editing and producing Reuters real-time news feed of the biggest stories of the day. Earlier she was the Reuters White House editor, a 2024 ... Read More