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Federal Reserve’s Waller says central bank should cut rates at next meeting
A top Federal Reserve official said late Thursday that the central bank should cut its key interest rate later this month, ...
The Math Behind Trump’s Fed Critique Doesn’t Add Up
The president insists the Fed’s interest rate is costing the nation hundreds of billions. The math doesn’t work, Allan Sloan ...
Top Fed Official Backs July Rate Cut as Trump Ramps Up Pressure
Christopher Waller, a potential contender to be the next chair of the central bank, said the Federal Reserve should not wait for the labor market to weaken to reduce interest rates.
Türkiye time: How Trump’s Fed pressure could backfire
First, consider the case of Richard Nixon and his Fed Chairman, Arthur Burns. At the end of 1969, after he was nominated, but ...
Trump urges rate cuts to boost savings, but Fed says economy is strong
Economic experts say the Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut rates despite President Donald Trump's demands due to uncertainty ...
Trump boxes in Fed with extreme rate cut calls
While almost no one thinks Donald Trump's verbal attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are a positive development, they have electrified the debate about whether the U.S. president is right ...
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How an inflation uptick and Trump’s pressure complicate the Fed’s interest rate decision
A new report shows inflation has picked up and analysts believe the prices of many goods increased, in part, because of ...
Federal Reserve Says Building Renovation Complies With Law, Defends Costs
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday said the agency’s renovation of its office complex in Washington complies ...
Why Trump's push for a 1% Fed policy rate could spell trouble for US economy
A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the U.S. is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as ...