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With inflation and jobs in ‘tension,’ Powell warns of the Fed’s tightrope on interest rates

The Federal Reserve is doing a difficult balancing act, trying to tamp down inflation while also lifting up the job market, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. Read More

Fed last month saw rising risks to job market, but remained wary on inflation

Federal Reserve officials agreed at their recent policy meeting that risks to the U.S. job market had increased enough to warrant an interest rate cut, but remained wary of high inflation amid a ... Read More

Fed's Powell strikes middle path on inflation, jobs, as others take sides

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday the central bank needed to continue balancing the competing risks of high inflation and a weakening job market ... Read More

Fed's Barkin: Risks to Both Inflation, Jobs, May Be Limited

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said Friday he sees limited risks of a big rise in either unemployment or inflation, letting the Fed balance its two goals as it ... Read More

A Late Summer Reflection on Growth, Inflation & Jobs

It’s the last Friday of trading for the summer of 2025, a week and a half from the end of calendar Q3, the major economic reports of the week have already been released and the Fed has made its ... Read More

Fed minutes: Most officials supported further rate cuts as worries about jobs rose

Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, according to minutes from last ... Read More

Federal Reserve officials remain cautious on future rate cuts

Federal Reserve officials remain cautious about future interest rate cuts, with an account from the central bank's meeting in September underscoring the division among central bank officials over the ... Read More

The U.S. jobs market is the Fed's biggest worry, but inflation is a very close No. 2

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates, and is likely to do so again, to make sure the unemployment rate doesn't rise much further. But that's not to say many senior leaders of the central bank have a ... Read More

What is the Fed's outlook for interest rate cuts, inflation and jobs for the remainder of the year?

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates for the first time in 2025 and released policymakers' quarterly forecast of economic conditions that shows the potential outlook for further rate ... Read More