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Fed Vice Chair Says Economic Trade-Offs Justify Lowering Rates Slowly

Philip Jefferson offered a case study in the central bank’s predicament Monday, acknowledging the risk of stubborn inflation and weaker employment conditions—dueling threats that call for opposing ... Read More

Even If Fed Cuts Rates Again, US Economy May Not Get Much of a Boost

Federal Reserve officials are poised to cut interest rates again next week, but any benefit to the economy is likely to take much longer to show up than normal and may be blunted by factors that ... Read More

The Fed may cut interest rates next week. Here's what happened to mortgage rates the last two times it did that.

With another Fed rate cut looming, it helps to know the recent history behind rate cuts and mortgage rate reactions. Read More

The Fed is divided over cutting interest rates. Here's why that matters

If the Fed holds interest rates steady as a means of protecting against tariff-induced inflation, it risks a deeper slowdown of the labor market. On the other hand, if the Fed lowers rates to ... Read More

Fed Vice Chair: Tradeoffs Reinforce Need to 'Proceed Slowly' on Rate Cuts

Philip Jefferson, Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve, pointed to the risks of stubborn inflation and weaker employment conditions. (Aaron Schwartz/EPA/Shutterstock ... Read More

Kevin Hassett As Fed Chair: Bond Vigilantes Are Warning Us

Discover how Kevin Hassett's Fed Chair prospects may impact rate cuts, inflation risks, and market trends. Click for how this may impact your portfolio. Read More

Jumped the gun, says Morgan Stanley; reverses Dec Fed rate call to 25bps cut

Morgan Stanley said on Friday it now expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to deliver a quarter-percentage point rate cut in December, joining peers J.P.Morgan and BofA Global Research, following dovish ... Read More

Fed Vice Chair Jefferson: Slow Approach to Cuts Makes Sense as Policy Rate Approaches Neutral

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve should "proceed slowly" in approving further interest rate cuts as monetary policy moves closer to a neutral stance, Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said on ... Read More

US Treasury's Bessent Says Fed's Language Shows They Are 'Stuck in the Past'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday applauded the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point, but said comments casting doubt on ... Read More

Fed Vice Chair Says Economic Trade-Offs Justify Lowering Rates Slowly

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates in October for the second time this year, although Chair Jerome Powell said a third cut is ‘not a foregone conclusion.’ WSJ’s Nick Timiraos explains the central ... Read More