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Fed Chair Jerome Powell and other members of the Fed's policy committee have said they're concerned President Donald Trump's tariffs could push up prices and stoke inflation.
Mortgage rates have dropped, but it's likely not tied to today’s Fed news. Here’s why waiting for a Fed rate cut could be a ...
The Fed has held its benchmark interest rate between 4.25% and 4.5% this year, though officials have penciled in two cuts by ...
In Powell's view, the Fed is further from its goal on inflation than that of the job market, which means the Fed must keep rates high. Change that equation, though, and the Fed could quickly begin to ...
Mortgage rates would have to fall to lower than 4.5% or home prices would need to fall by 18% for housing to become ...
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Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said policymakers should cut interest rates this month to boost a job market that ...
Financial markets are betting the Federal Reserve sticks to its "wait and see" approach to interest rates this summer, but that by September it will have waited and seen enough to start cutting ...
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In an unusual visit to the Federal Reserve, President Donald Trump once again said that interest rate cuts were needed and ...
The job market in July may have been its worst since October, according to forecasters, as trade wars drag down hiring.
To lower your student loan interest rate, your options include signing up for autopay, consolidating or refinancing your ...