Jim Cramer Weighs In On Fed's Interest Rate Cut Plans: 'Don't Hold Your Breath. This Economy Doesn't Need Them'

Cramer referred to the current state of the country as an "economic miracle," encouraging investors to consider the potential landscape if the Federal Reserve were focused on job creation rather than ... Read More

US Economy News Today: Will the Federal Reserve Still Cut Rates Three Times This Year?

She is the Economics Editor for news ... rates, wrote BMO Capital Markets Senior Economist Priscilla Thiagamoorthy. “Fed officials have signaled they’re in no rush to cut rates amid an economy ... Read More

Economy Struggling With High Interest Rates and Stubborn Inflation

A pair of economic reports on Thursday showed the economy continues to encounter tailwinds as it battles high interest rates and inflation. Existing home sales fell 4.3% in March after February’s ... Read More

Fed Holds the Line on Interest Rates, Sees a Stronger Economy But Still Three Rate Cuts Coming in 2024

“Company balance sheets are very strong, the economy is doing just fine and it will continue to do fine.” Markets cheered the news ... the Fed’s aggressive raising of interest rates. Read More

When will the Fed cut rates? Maybe not in 2024, one Fed official cautions

But inflation has remained stubbornly above 3% this year, even picking up speed in February, prompting Powell to caution the Fed is wary of cutting rates too quickly. Sticky inflation and stronger ... Read More

Powell Reiterates That Interest Rate Cuts Are Still Likely in 2024

The hotter economic data has led some analysts to even suggest the Fed may not cut rates at all this year, raising ... the day good news is good news.” Welch notes that the economy is expanding ... Read More

Wall Street now fears a too-hot economy

“We’re in the ‘bad news is good news’ part of the cycle and the reason is because the market is quite concerned about the Fed raising interest rates ... gone too far, with a hot economy ... Read More

Why is my 401(k) rising? More Fed rate cuts on the way? We answer your economy questions

“The biggest risk is the Fed keeps rates too high for too long” and the economy slips into recession ... take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC says yes In a note to clients ... Read More

6 takeaways from the Fed's rate decision

Moving too quickly to cut interest rates risks setting off inflation. Moving too slowly (and there are critics who say the Fed is moving too slowly) risks causing the economy to stall. Read More

Stocks and your 401(k) may have 'room to run.' And it's not all about Fed rate cuts.

“The biggest risk is the Fed keeps rates too high for too long” and the economy slips into recession ... take advantage of COVID shortages to raise prices? FTC says yes In a note to clients ... Read More

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