Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect ...
After Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20 ending DEI programs across the federal government, the Fed took down pages ...
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Friday, as Apple gained following a strong sales forecast and a reading of the U.S.
Rates on 30-year refinance loans dropped another 2 basis points Thursday. That's now a four-day decline of 12 basis points, which has reduced the average to 7.01%—the cheapest level for 30-year refi ...
US President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home, where a strong economy and uncertainty over his own policies have set the stage for the ...
The central bank needs to see further progress on inflation or weakness in the labor market to resume interest rate cuts.
“The Fed’s prognosis is for a slower pace of monetary easing moving forward, as the economy is doing well and prices are only slowly returning to target in an environment of great uncertainty,” said ...
The December personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation, ...
The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation picked up in December, pushing the central bank's goal of a 2% annual rate farther into the distance.
The core index, one that strips volatile food and energy costs and is used by the Fed in setting interest rates, rose 0.2% in December and 2.8% annually, unchanged from November.
Many of the executive actions related to bitcoin and crypto were wish-list items the industry has been pushing for.
Whisper it, but maybe life’s not so bad for many of the world's central bankers right now. But James Smith, ever the optimist, reckons that’s not going to last long. From tariffs to tech tantrums, ...