Fed cuts interest rates for first time this year amid weakening labor market

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in 2025, with the 25-basis-point reduction coming amid signs of a slowdown in the jobs market despite elevated inflation. Read More

Flawed Jobs Data Threatens Fed's September Rate Cut

The tension in the market is building, and this week's economic data is likely to decide whether the Fed cuts rates at its September FOMC meeting. The market is currently assigning a roughly 85% ... Read More

Bitcoin News Today: Bitcoin Holds Near $117K After Fed Rate Cut, Analysts Eye Breakout Toward $120K

Bitcoin is trading closer to $117,000 after the Fed rate cut for the first time since December. The central bank reduced the benchmark rate by 25 basis points t ... Read More

The Fed looks set to cut rates this week. What comes next is unclear as stagflation fears rise.

Realizing the economy wasn’t as strong as they had believed when they last met, the Federal Reserve in September cut interest rates for the first time since the pandemic. Today, the U.S. central bank ... Read More

US economy adds fewer jobs than expected in August, confirming slowdown

In August, the US added just 22,000 jobs with the unemployment standing at 4.3%, the highest in nearly four years. It is the first report since President Trump fired the former head of the Bureau of ... Read More

Exclusive-Fed's Musalem Says More Data Is Needed to Decide Whether a September Rate Cut Is Warranted

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) -St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said on Friday he will need more data before deciding to support a rate cut at the Fed's September 16-17 meeting given that ... Read More

Stock Market News, Sept. 5, 2025: Weak Jobs Data Boosts Rate-Cut Bets; Dow Falls

U.S. stocks ended modestly lower Friday after a weak jobs report cemented the case for a Federal Reserve rate cut at the central bank's policy meeting ending Sept. 17. Bond yields declined sharply. Read More

Dismal August Jobs Report Offers Rate-Cut Relief: What the Experts Are Saying

The August jobs report came in weaker than expected, signaling a massive slowdown in the labor market. This is good news for those who want the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, with a ... Read More

It will take a doozy of a jobs report to derail investor expectations for a September rate cut

Investors are gearing up for what was always going to be the week’s main event: Friday’s August jobs report. And as is often the case when anticipation builds, the likely market reaction to a beat or ... Read More

Munis rally hard as odds of September rate cut hit 100%

Muni yields were bumped two to 12 basis points, depending on the scale, with the largest gains out long, and UST yields fell six to nine basis points, pushing the two-year UST to its lowest levels in ... Read More