Fed's Collins says economy may need to weaken to get 2% inflation

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Wednesday that the U.S. economy needs to cool off as an avenue toward getting inflation back to the central bank’s 2% target. Read More

Slow, but solid US economic growth anticipated in Q1; inflation likely heats up

U.S. economic growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in the first quarter while inflation accelerated, reinforcing financial market expectations that the Federal Reserve would delay cutting ... Read More

US job gains fewest in six months as labor market cools

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in April and annual wage gains cooled, but it is probably too early to expect that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates before September as ... Read More

Weak US productivity could threaten Fed's 'soft landing' hopes

Weaker U.S. productivity gains in the first quarter may challenge the Federal Reserve's efforts to finish its inflation fight without a painful rise in unemployment, potentially stalling progress on ... Read More

Getting Inflation Down May Require Weaker Labor Market, Fed’s Collins Says

S till too-high inflation and an uncertain economic outlook mean the Federal Reserve should take a patient and deliberate approach to changing interest rates, Fed Bank of Boston President Susan ... Read More

US consumer sentiment slips; inflation expectations increase

U.S. Treasury yields fell. A report from the Labor ... good news, adding to the producer prices report yesterday, that inflation pressures may not be raging completely out of control." Reuters ... Read More

April US jobs report shows looser labor market, good news for Fed

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in April and annual wage gains cooled, signs of a looser labor market which are good news for markets and the Federal Reserve that will likely require more ... Read More

US business activity cools in April; inflation measures mixed

April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. business activity cooled in April to a four-month low due to weaker demand, while rates of inflation ... of the labor market fed through to lower price pressures, as ... Read More

U.S. Job Growth Slows Down with Labor Market Cooling Down

U.S. job growth decelerated more than anticipated, and the annual wage increase dipped below 4.0% for the first time in nearly three years. However, it may be premature to anticipate the Federal ... Read More

Futures muted, Fed's Barkin on rates, Disney to report - what's moving markets

U.S. stock futures were largely muted on Tuesday after hopes for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts later this year spurred on a jump in equities in the prior session. Richmond Fed President Thomas ... Read More

Unveiling Paradoxes Within the U.S. Labor Market and Their Implications for Inflation

Amidst this uncertainty, the pulse of the U.S. labor ... labor metrics as sole indicators of economic vitality. Given the labor market's complexities, the focus shifts to inflation as the more ... Read More

How Immigration is Helping Boost the Labor Market Without Overheating it and Stoking Inflation

Increased immigration to the U.S. is set to boost the length the labor market can go without overheating or stoking inflation ... grow without tightening and increasing wage pressures, gets ... Read More