TheFederal Reserveon Wednesday announced its third straight interest rate cut, lowering the benchmark rate by 25 basis points amid economic data showing that inflation remains above the central bank's target rate. With the 25-basis-point cut, the benchmark federal funds rate will sit at a rang...
Updated on: December 13, 2023 / 4:30 PM EST / MoneyWatch The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it is holding its benchmark interest rate steady, extending a reprieve for borrowers after the fastest series of hikes in four decades. The central bank also indicated it expects three rate cuts...
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The Labor Department released new inflation data for November, which showed that prices were up 2.7% from a year ago as the Federal Reserve weighs another interest rate cut. December 9 Trump says he won't fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell President-elect Trump said in an interview that he won'...
The latest inflation data may make the Federal Reserve more cautious about the pace of interest rate cuts, but not at this moment. The latest report shows that inflation in the USA in November met expectations, so investors generally still anticipate that the Federal Reserve will cut rates by ...
The Federal Reserve on Wednesdayannouncedits third consecutive interest rate cut of 2024, reducing its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points amid cooling inflation. Yet in a blow for borrowers, the central bank also projected that it will loosen rates less nex...
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point in response to a steady decline in once-high inflation that angered Americans and helped drive Trump’s election victory.
But even a 3.9% year-on-year increase in core CPI could open the door for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in March. Bank of America economist Stephen Juneau said in a report: “The December CPI report, which is largely in line with our expectations, will continue to show that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024, fueling a rally on Wall Street, despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year.
A rate cut right after the election would not bode well, optically. Here's why the Fed might do it anyway Federal Reserve officials meet just four more times this year — in July, September, November and December. So the single rate cut officials are now penciling in for the year could...