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Fed’s Beige Book Finds Softening Job Market

The Fed’s latest Beige Book points to weaker hiring, softer consumer spending, and moderate price pressures as policymakers weigh a potential year-end rate cut. Read More

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

Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve is set to hold a policy meeting Dec. 9 and 10, before several important economic reports are due to be published.Experts are speculating whether the Fed will choose ... Read More

The Fed has a big decision to make without key data. Here’s what it could do.

As they prepare to meet in 10 days on interest rates, Federal Reserve officials are very divided over a key question: How worried they ought to be about the U.S. labor market. “Some folks are less ... Read More

4 market takeaways from the big September jobs report

After a 76-day wait, data-starved investors finally got their hands on an official jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. Read More

Fed loses access to key jobs data ahead of FOMC meeting, crypto markets reel

Officials of the Federal Reserve recently lost access to employment data from ADP, the Washington Post reported on Oct. 22. Since the central bank is already unable to receive key economic data in the ... Read More

Fed's Powell says economy may be on firmer footing, but job market weak

Powell says Fed taking meeting-by-meeting approach to interest rate cuts Fed chief says elevated inflation partly due to impact of tariffs Hiring and layoffs remained low through September, he says ... Read More

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 lifting up the job market, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday. “There is no risk-free path for policy as we ... Read More

This is the worst the jobs market has looked (outside of a recession) in 50 years, says Goldman Sachs, meaning bullish GDP estimates are too optimistic

Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius warned that U.S. GDP estimates showing 3.8% growth in Q2 and 3.3% in Q3 may be overstated, owing to missing data from the government shutdown and weakening labor trends. He ... Read More

The Fed cuts interest rates to bolster job market

The Federal Reserve is making it a little bit cheaper to borrow money. The central bank hopes to prop up the job market. But it's making no promises that rates will fall further in December. The ... Read More

The Fed cuts interest rates again as concerns grow about the job market

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, as policymakers work to shore up the softening job market. It was the Fed's second rate cut in six weeks, ... Read More