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Fed Faces High Bar for Big Cuts Despite White House Pressure

The Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates in September. But signs of stickier inflation could limit how much ...

Federal Reserve's Cuts May Not Lower Mortgage Rates, Analysts Warn

Fed cuts would immediately make borrowing cheaper on credit cards and auto loans, since those products are based on the short ...

Get the Facts: How the Fed's interest rates impact your money

The Fed is hesitant to change interest rates largely due to one factor uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariffs. The ...

Hot wholesale prices data puts wrinkle in Fed's rate-cut roadmap

Aug 14 (Reuters) - A jump in wholesale prices is likely to bolster concerns among Federal Reserve policymakers that rising ...

Fed rate cuts might not stimulate the economy very much: DataTrek

President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have been pushing for aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts. But ...

Gold heads for weekly decline as US inflation data dims Fed rate cut hopes

Gold prices edged higher on Friday, buoyed by a weaker dollar, but were poised for a weekly decline after ...

Chicago Fed president wants to see a 'few months of data' on inflation to gauge economy's health

"The hardest thing that the Fed ever has to do is get the timing right at moments of transition,” Goolsbee said on NBC News’ ...

Stocks retreat after hot US inflation data shakes Fed rate cut hopes

Global stocks retreated from record highs on Thursday while U.S. Treasury yields rose after market expectations for an ...

Fed’s Musalem Says Too Early to Make a Call on September Rate

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem said it’s too early for him to decide on whether to lower ...

Potential Fed chair pick David Zervos of Jefferies backs aggressive interest rate cuts

The Jefferies strategist told CNBC that central bankers shouldn't be daunted by the PPI showing inflation pressures hotter than expected.

Traders trim Fed rate cut bets after hike in US wholesale inflation

The bigger-than-expected jump in on US wholesale prices signalled tariffs are pushing up inflation. Read more at straitstimes ...

Economist Sumerlin confirms he's in the running for Fed chair, backs big interest rate cut

Economist Marc Sumerlin, one of nearly a dozen reported contenders for Fed chair, said Thursday he'd be interested in the job and believes an aggressive interest rate cut would be appropriate. "We ...