Jobs News The Fed Could Pause Rate Cuts At Its Meeting Next Week If The October Jobs Report Is Hot, Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel Says

The Fed is so divided that the next vote on rates could result in an unprecedented tie, analysts say. ‘Then things would get really messy’

The typically consensus-driven Federal Reserve is looking more and more divided lately, so much so that next month’s rate-setting meeting could produce a deadlock, according to Capital Economics. ... 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

'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

Fed governor says current economy is 'calling for large interest rate cuts' to help job market

Fed governor Stephen Miran calls for large interest rate cuts, warning that current policy is "holding the economy back" and pushing unemployment higher. Read More

Amid Limited Jobs Data, Fed Takes Cautious Stance on Rate Cuts

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell threw cold water last week on the idea that the central bank would reflexively lower interest rates in December, a move the markets had anticipated. Taking a ... Read More

Fed's Waller Calls for December Rate Cut, as Hawks Press for Policy Pause

(Reuters) -A clutch of Federal Reserve bank presidents on Friday aired their discomfort with the U.S. central bank's decision to cut interest rates this week, even as influential Fed Governor ... Read More

Fed cuts interest rate by a quarter point as government shutdown clouds economic outlook

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