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Mortgage Rates and Inflation Could Draw Attention to the Fed This Election
The Federal Reserve is poised to cut rates in 2024 while moving away from balance sheet shrinking. Yet a key…
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Business
Fed Minutes Showed Officials Feeling Better About Inflation
Central bankers wanted to signal that interest rates were likely at or near their peak while keeping their options open,…
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Business
Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Eased in November
A key inflation index has been cooling as prices rise less rapidly, good news for policymakers and consumers.
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Business
Is Jerome Powell’s Fed Pulling Off a Soft Landing?
It’s too soon to declare victory, but the economic outlook seems sunnier than it did a year ago, and many…
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What to Watch at the Fed’s Final Meeting of 2023
Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, but economists will watch for hints at what’s next.
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Fed Officials Hint That Rate Increases Are Over, and Investors Celebrate
Stocks and bonds were buoyed after even inflation-focused Federal Reserve officials suggested that rates may stay steady.
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Fed Officials Thought Rates Could Rise More if Inflation Stayed Stubborn
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s early November meeting suggested another rate increase remained possible, but officials were in no hurry.
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Business
Fed Officials Thought Rates Could Rise More if Inflation Stayed Stubborn
Minutes from the Federal Reserve's early November meeting suggested another rate increase remained possible, but officials were in no hurry.
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Business
Inflation Held Steady in September, While Consumers Spent Robustly
Overall inflation stayed at 3.4 percent in September, down from a peak of around 7 percent.
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News
Soft Landing, Here We Come?
Until quite recently there was a near consensus among forecasters that the U.S. economy was headed for a recession. In…