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President Trump's wish for a rate cut may be looking more realistic as economic uncertainty clears—but it still won't be happening any time soon.
Considering Tuesday’s inflation reading from the consumer-price index, or CPI, the Federal Reserve might not cut interest rates at all in 2025, according to Lazard’s Ronald Temple. “April is likely to
Efforts to stem inflation in the cost of services didn’t show much progress in April even though airfares continued to fall. That will help justify the Fed’s continued wait-and-see approach to cutting interest rates,
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Jerome Powell said the Federal Reserve can wait to see which effect from Trump's tariffs is worse - high inflation or a weak economy.
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After the Federal Reserve announced a continued pause in the federal funds rate on May 7, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is set to release its next inflation reading on May 13. That reading, for April,
Federal Reserve officials backed Chair Jerome Powell’s “wait-and-see” message on Friday, signaling they won’t rush to respond to the inflationary impact of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs,
Markets on Monday have been celebrating a rapprochement in U.S.-China tariffs. But trade policy is likely to stay top of mind for central bankers as they navigate [how to set interest rates](