Federal Reserve officials are prepared to hold their policy rate steady to minimize the risk that President Donald Trump’s ...

Tariffs set to take effect this week risk stoking even higher inflation and slower growth than expected, complicating the ...

The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates by 0.50 points in the second half of 2025. Here's how and when that ...

Traders and economists see increased chances of cuts ahead but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said central bankers will ...

New tariffs from the Trump administration are raising worries about a recession and could worsen short-term inflation ...

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said interest rates remain well positioned to handle competing risks despite a ...

The next rate announcement from the Bank is due on 20 March ... the Federal Reserve extra reason to keep borrowing costs at their present 22-year high when it reveals its next interest rate ...

Trump said he would demand that "interest rates drop immediately." Last year, concerns were also raised about the Fed's independence after reports that allies were drafting plans for Trump to ...

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After the Federal Reserve came out with its decision to keep interest ... As the chart below illustrates, we have seen the unemployment rate rise a bit over the last couple of years.

Given this, the Committee now projects the US economy growing at 1.7 per cent this year ... with the US Fed decision behind the market, focus will shift to China’s monthly loan prime rate decision, ...