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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates fast enough to deliver a ‘soft landing’?
The rate cut expected Wednesday is likely to be just the first that should make borrowing more affordable now that the Fed has deemed high inflation to be all but defeated.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2024
Takeaways from Fed Chair Powell’s speech on interest rate cuts
Investors now expect the Fed to start cutting rates at its next meeting in September.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2024
Markets and households eagerly await Powell’s hints about Fed rate cut
Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech will offer the clearest clue yet about what the Federal Reserve plans to do with interest rates at its September meeting.
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PublishedAugust 9, 2024
Strategists warn of Trump challenging Fed’s independence
Donald Trump’s challenges of Fed independence, both during his presidential term and more recently on the 2024 campaign trail, have broken from a long-standing norm that presidents refrain from influencing Fed policymakers’ decisions.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2024
Federal Reserve says September interest rate cut could be ‘on the table’ as inflation cools
The Fed is seeking to strike a delicate balance: It wants to keep rates high enough for long enough to quell inflation, but also wants to avoid keeping borrowing costs so high that it triggers a recession.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2024
Fed poised to keep rates steady. But rate cuts aren’t far off.
Officials are taking their time because they’ve been thwarted by the economy’s unexpected turns before.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2024
U.S. economy grew 2.8% in second quarter, a robust unexpected strengthening
Consumer spending, business investments, and new inventory drove the growth.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2024
Powell says Federal Reserve is more confident inflation is slowing to its target
He stressed Monday that the Fed does not need to wait until inflation actually reaches 2% to cut borrowing costs.
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PublishedJuly 10, 2024
Fed chair Jerome Powell not prepared ‘yet’ to say he’s confident about inflation
The Fed chair has avoided giving any strong signals on the timing of interest rate cuts, though he has emphasized policymakers face risks from both moving too quickly or too slowly to take action.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2024
Fed’s Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts may be nearing
Chair Jerome Powell's written testimony Tuesday marked a shift in emphasis away from the Fed’s single-minded fight against inflation that suggests it's moving closer to cutting interest rates.
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