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Fed Dissenters Defend Call for July Rate Cut as Trump Intensifies Attacks
The central bank this week kept interest rates steady for a fifth-straight meeting, prompting the first double dissent from ...
Shockingly bad jobs report reveals a monthslong stall and may trigger Fed rate cuts soon. ‘Powell is going to regret holding rates steady’
U.S. payrolls grew by just 73,000 last month, well below forecasts, but downward revisions to prior months stunned Wall ...
Weakening US jobs market hits center of Fed rate policy debate
Surprisingly weak July hiring data released on Friday highlighted a fractious Federal Reserve debate over whether the central ...
Trump admin live updates: Trump calls on Fed board to take 'control' if rates not cut
On the foreign policy front, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee are ...
Federal Reserve holds its benchmark rate steady at today's FOMC meeting
The Fed is maintaining its benchmark interest rate in the range of 4.25% to 4.5%, where it's been parked since December.
Waiting for a Fed rate cut? Chair Powell offered few signals of one, economists say
Nothing tariffs are starting to push up prices, Powell said the Fed is already “looking through” goods inflation by not ...
Fed holds interest rates steady as two Trump appointees vote to cut them
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the economy is solid — and that it's also too early to tell how tariffs will affect it.
Trump urges Fed board to ‘assume control’ if rates not cut
President Donald Trump called on the Federal Reserve board to “assume control” if Chair Jerome Powell does not lower interest ...
Fed Governor Kugler is resigning, giving Trump a nominee on committee that sets interest rates
Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler announced Friday she is stepping down from her role at the central bank, creating an ...