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Jerome Powell may finally grant Trump his interest rate wish thanks to China deal
President Trump's wish for a rate cut may be looking more realistic as economic uncertainty clears—but it still won't be ...
Traders See Fed Cutting Rates Just Twice in 2025 on Cooling Trade War
Traders lowered their bets on the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts this year, pricing in just two reductions for 2025 ...
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady in Defiance of Trump's Call for a Cut—What It Means for Mortgage Rates
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Fed Doesn’t Cut Interest Rates Again—Despite Trump’s Demands—As It Warns Of Higher Unemployment Risk
The Fed is in a “good place to wait and see” before moving on interest rates, Powell said Wednesday. “We don't think we need ...
Core Inflation Held Largely Steady in April. What it Means for Rate Cuts.
Core inflation remained more or less unchanged last month, a setback for anyone hoping the Federal Reserve will move quickly ...
Powell says Fed can wait to lower interest rates again. But will it wait too long?
Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve can wait to see which effect from Trump's tariffs is worse - high inflation or a weak ...
The Fed leaves its key interest rate as is. Here’s how you can benefit
The Trump administration’s tariffs regime has disrupted markets, darkened the outlook for employers and businesses and ...
Traders Scale Back Bets on Fed Interest-Rate Cuts
A near-term cut to benchmark interest rates looks less likely after a thawing in trade relations between the U.S. and China.
Futures traders are pricing in fewer Fed rate cuts in 2025 — but one economist says not much has changed
Fed-funds futures traders have dialed back their expectations for the number of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts expected in 2025, taking the most likely scenario down to just two cuts, compared ...
Fed holds interest rates steady as the central bank weighs impact of Trump tariffs
The Federal Reserve is again leaving its benchmark interest rate at 4.25% to 4.5%, citing rising economic uncertainty.
The Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady - What This Means For Markets
The Federal Reserve maintained interest rates at 4.5%, with Powell emphasizing economic uncertainty and the potential for ...
June Rate Cut Odds Are Down. China Tariff Pause Gives Fed More Room to Breathe.
A 90-day pause on the bulk of tariffs on Chinese goods has traders betting the Federal Reserve may not cut interest rates until September. Odds of a June rate cut were down to 8.1% from 17.2% on ...