Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during Wednesday's press conference suggested that rate cuts are unlikely to come this year. "I'm saying we would we be comfortable cutting rates when we're comfortable cutting rates, and that won't be this year, I don't think it would be," he said....
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- While the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled a pause in the easing cycle, some further weakening in the U.S. economic data could cause the central bank to deliver more rate cuts over the next few quarters, a U.S. economist said on Thursday. The Fed on W...
Federal Reserve officials will likely reduce their benchmark interest rate later this year, Chair Jerome Powell said, despite recent reports showing that the U.S. economy is still strong and that U.S. inflation picked up in January and February.
WASHINGTON —Chair Jerome H. Powell reinforced his belief Wednesday that the Federal Reserve will cut its key interest rate this year but said it first wants to see more evidence thatinflationis falling sustainably back to the Fed’s 2% target. Powell’s comments...
"If we continue to see inflation moving sideways, it would make me question whether we needed to do those rate cuts at all," said Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari in aninterview with Pensions & Investments magazinethat was broadcast on LinkedIn. ...
Here’s a quick quiz: If the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, what direction will long-term bondyields take? 问个脑筋急转弯式的小问题:美联储如果降息,长期限美国国债的收益率会往何处去? If you said “lower,” you’re in good company—but very possibly incorrect. Counter-intuitive as it...
"There is less scope for easing policy through the traditional mechanism of affecting real rates by lowering the Fed funds rate," said Schwarz. "However, the Federal Reserve has added to its arsenal since the crisis, and now has more tools through which it can affect the term structure of ...
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WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its first interest rate cut since the early days of the Covid pandemic, slicing half a percentage point off benchmark rates in an effort to head off a slowdown in the labor market. ...
The U.S. Federal Reserve sets borrowing costs for shorter-term loans by changing its federal funds rate. This rate dictates how much banks pay each other in interest to borrow funds from their reserves, kept at the Fed on an overnight basis....