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Bond Traders Brace for Jobs Report as Fed Rate-Cut Bets Crumble

Bond investors are zeroing in on Thursday’s US labor market report, which is expected to either kill or rekindle waning expectations for a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut next month. Read More

Fed faces another tough rate decision with inflation, job data delay

October jobs and inflation reports are canceled and November data are delayed until after the Fed's Dec. 9-10 meeting. What this may mean for rates. Read More

No Jobs Data, No Fed Meeting? The Central Bank's December Interest Rate Decision Just Got Harder

The Federal Reserve's next rate move may hinge on delayed employment data, which won't be released until after its next scheduled rate cut decision. Read More

December Fed rate cut odds slide after cancellation of October jobs report

The longest U.S. government shutdown in history, which lasted from October to November, also derailed the release of economic data. Market participants are getting more and more convinced that the ... Read More

'Stale' September jobs data is mixed news for a divided Fed

The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in September, but a rise in the unemployment rate and downward revisions to prior months still presented an ambiguous picture for Federal Reserve ... Read More

Commodity wrap: gold climbs to one-week highs as Fed rate-cut bets surge; oil prices remain volatile

Gold prices rose to an over one-week high on Wednesday as hopes for an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve next month increased. Silver prices also rose 1%, tracking gains in gold, with the ... Read More

Fed cuts key rate by quarter percentage point for second time this year

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for a second time this year as it seeks to shore up economic growth and hiring even as inflation stays elevated. “Job gains have slowed this ... Read More

Fed reduces interest rate by a quarter point, Powell says December cut not guaranteed

The Federal Reserve on Oct. 29 announced a quarter percentage point rate cut, marking its second consecutive rate reduction. The move brings the Fed’s benchmark interest rate down to a range of 3.75% ... Read More

Big Changes Coming to the Fed—And Interest Rates—Next Year If This Frontrunner Gets Powell’s Job

The reported frontrunner to take over as Federal Reserve chair in May has a recent track record of advocating for the central bank lowering interest rates. Read More