Jobs News Fed Minutes Most Officials Supported Further Rate Cuts As Worries About Jobs Rose

Gold may stay choppy ahead of US jobs data, Fed meeting minutes: Analysts

Gold prices are likely to remain volatile in the coming week but may find support as focus shifts to key US economic data releases, including jobs report and the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes for ... Read More

Fed Officials Begin to Push Back on Rate Cuts

It was just the other day when the conventional wisdom was that the Federal Reserve had turned the corner and more rate cuts were effectively a lock. Putting aside President Donald Trump’s relentless ... Read More

Fed official sends strong signal on December interest-rate cut

The CME FedWatch Tool slumped almost 21% on Schmid’s Nov. 14 comments to a 43.6% chance of a December interest-rate cut. Read More

Fed’s Jefferson supported last week’s rate cut, but wants to move slowly on further cuts

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said Friday that he supported cutting rates at the last policy meeting given greater concerns about the job market, but he wants to move more slowly going ... Read More

Fed to cut rates again in December on weakening job market, say most economists: Reuters poll

The U.S. Federal Reserve will again lower its key interest rate by 25 basis points next month to underpin a weakening labor market, according to 80% of economists polled by Reuters, up slightly from a ... Read More

2 Federal Reserve officials oppose an interest rate cut in December

Two Federal Reserve officials expressed opposition Wednesday to another interest rate cut at the central bank’s next meeting in December, further muddying the outlook for the Fed’s next steps ... Read More

Fed likely to cut rates as job market shows signs of weakness

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut its key interest rate on Wednesday and could signal it expects another cut in December as the central bank seeks to bolster hiring. A cut ... Read More

Fed's Logan: Would be hard to support December rate cut

Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan on Friday again signaled she would oppose an interest-rate cut in December, after also opposing the Fed's rate cut in October, because of her concern that ... Read More

Federal Reserve cuts rates to lowest level in three years

• The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is lowering its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point, but offered no clear outlook for its next decision, due in December. • Central bank officials have ... 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

Fed poised to cut rates, but worries mount over data vacuum

WASHINGTON >> The Federal Reserve will go into a policy meeting next week with its view of the economy obscured by a U.S. government shutdown that has suspended the release of key data, a ... Read More