Dollar stays strong as doubts about Fed rate cuts grow
The dollar rose on Monday, driving its peers to multi-year lows, after Friday's blowout U.S. jobs report underscored economic strength and fueled growing doubts about the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year.
Next CPI Inflation Report Could Reduce 2025 Fed Rate Cut Expectations
If year-on-year total and core CPI consumer inflation rates accelerate, financial markets risk turbulence as investors’ 2025 interest rate cut expectations fall further.
Bitcoin Dips Below $90,000 as Fed Rate Cut Doubts Grow
The price of Bitcoin fell to a two-month low Monday, as markets adjusted to the prospect of tighter monetary policy from the Federal Reserve.
Fed Official Says Further Rate Cuts Can Wait
St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem suggests greater caution is warranted on reducing interest rates.
Traders expect Fed to cut rates just once in 2025
Federal Reserve policymakers got fresh reasons to hold short-term borrowing costs steady after government data signaled renewed strength in the U.S. job market, with traders now betting the U.S. central bank will wait until June to cut interest rates again and end its rate-cutting cycle there.
Strong US Jobs Report Backs Case for Pause in Fed Rate Cuts
The latest snapshot of the US labor market affirmed what Federal Reserve officials have made clear in recent days: Interest-rate cuts are on hold for the foreseeable future.
The Fed Is in no Rush to Cut Rates, Even if There Is a Weak Jobs Report
Fed officials have signaled that it will take more than one weak report to convince them that the labor market is deteriorating.
Fed members' outlooks reset bets on interest rate cuts in 2025
Just before Joe Biden leaves the White House and Donald Trump returns, two prominent Republican members of the Federal Reserve Board are weighing in on how fast interest rates should come down. The two — Michelle Bowman and Christopher Waller — say rates can come down in a measured way.
Inflation Worries to Dog the Fed and Crimp Trump’s Economic Agenda
The rise in bond yields at a time when the central bank is lowering interest rates could test the economy, the markets and ...
U.S. stocks mostly weaker with some economists seeing risk for Fed rate hike
U.S. stocks were under pressure again on Monday as investors continue to pare back forecasts for rate cuts this year. Chips ...
Fed’s Balance-Sheet Dynamics Still Weigh Heavy Five Years On
As the Federal Reserve continues to unwind its balance sheet, it’s still dogged by the same issues that it faced more than ...
US Fed bank boards more diverse this year than last
The boards of directors of the Federal Reserve's 12 regional banks have grown more diverse by gender and race in 2025, data ...
This is what it could take for the Fed to hike interest rates
Some economists are now contemplating what was previously unthinkable — and they are focused on the personal-consumption ...
Former Fed Vice Chair Sees No Risk to Fed Autonomy Under Trump
The Federal Reserve’s independence won’t be in jeopardy once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, neither are inflation ...
New York Fed survey finds mixed inflation expectations in December
U.S. consumers' outlook on the expected path of inflation was mixed in December amid rising worries about households' ability ...
Stealth Fed Dollar Crisis Predicted To Spark A Bitcoin Price Boom To Rival Gold
Fear that inflation could return in 2025 has raised questions over the possibility of a stagflation scenario—predicted to ...
Fed-Up Voters in Louisiana Wanted a Change. They Drafted an ‘Old Ball Coach.’
Sid Edwards was a high school football coach who had never run for office. Now, he’s the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s ...
Should you open a long-term CD before the January Fed meeting?
A long-term CD offers unique benefits to savers now. But should they rush to open one before the next Fed meeting?