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 rate cut at next meeting is a coin flip after shutdown data blackout

Investors are split on whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again at its next meeting in less than a month, amid uncertainty following the loss of economic data during the government ... Read More

The Fed Is Increasingly Torn Over a December Rate Cut

The path for interest-rate cuts has been clouded by an emerging split within the central bank with little precedent during Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s nearly eight-year tenure. Officials are ... Read More

Stocks Settle Mixed as Fed Comments Suggest a Rate Cut Pause

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Friday closed down -0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down -0.65%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ ... Read More

Fed's Kashkari Wanted Rate-Cut Pause in October, Reports Bloomberg News

(Reuters) -Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari told Bloomberg News in an interview on Thursday that he did not support the Fed's interest-rate cut in October given the economy's ... Read More