Fed officials wash away market bets on October rate increase

By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Two of the Federal Reserve’s top policymakers this week drove financial ...

Soft Jobs Report Boosts Market Bets Fed Will Skip October Rate Increase

The odds of an interest rate change at the Federal Reserve’s meeting in late October have dropped following a softer jobs ...

Fed Rate Hike Likely Means More Expensive Credit Cards and Mortgages, but Savers May Rejoice

The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point, the first rate hike since the summer of 2023. The hike will likely make it even costlier to borrow for homes, autos and ...

Federal Reserve Watch for Oct. 1: Jefferson Says May Take Time for FOMC to Decide on Further Rate Increase

Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson (voter) said that he supported the interest rate increase at the September FOMC meeting but said that it may take time for the committee to decide on a further increase ...

Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Points to Continued Price Pressures

U.S. inflation stayed stuck at an elevated level in August, reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision this month to raise ...
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The Fed Chairman Has Raised Interest Rates, But Will It Slow Inflation?

Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh has raised the Fed’s discount rate—to the chagrin of President Trump—but it is doubtful Warsh’s ...

The Fed has one interest rate. America has two economies

Aggregate resilience tells us how much America is spending. It does not tell us who still has the capacity to spend. The Fed ...