While it was created with good intentions 13 years ago, the Federal Open Market Committee’s dot plot does not serve its primary purpose: providing transparency ...
The Federal Reserve kicked off its second Trump era right where it left off: Doing exactly what it wanted to do, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demands that it lower rates.
Officials cut rates at their previous three meetings before taking a pause.
A desire for low rates confronts a very different economic backdrop—with higher price pressures—from his first term.
The Federal Reserve's future moves on interest rates in 2025 will be in a narrow range unless the trajectory of inflation ...
Policymakers left their benchmark rate unchanged amid signs that the economy is humming along, defying the president’s ...
The central bank’s decision to pause at its first meeting of 2025 followed a series of cuts that began in September to ...
The Fed signaled as much at its last meeting in December, when the central bank delivered an interest cut, but hinted that it ...
Powell said the Fed is working to align its workforce policies with Trump but signaled that changes could be limited.
There is so much uncertainty over potential tariffs and fiscal policy that “keeping things steady looks like the prudent move ...
"The main message was: 'We can't lean against weaker output and higher inflation at the same time,'" said Douglas Porter, chief economist of BMO Capital Markets. In a note, Porter said that ...
Buried in a rote US Treasury survey released on the eve of the latest holiday weekend was a question that all of Wall Street ...