Why Financial Markets Are Losing Hope for a 2025 Fed Rate Cut
The economy has been running hotter than expected lately, raising the possibility that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates higher for longer, and may not even cut interest rates in 2025 as policymakers had predicted.
Fed's Cook: Further rate cuts can come cautiously
The U.S. Federal Reserve can be cautious with any further interest rate cuts given a solid economy and inflation proving stickier than previously expected, Fed Governor Lisa Cook said on Monday.
Fed cuts interest rates a third time, points to inflation as challenge for 2025
The Fed lowered interest rates on Wednesday by a quarter point, while signaling a slower pace of cuts next year.
Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates by Quarter-Point
The Fed's 19 policymakers projected that the central bank will cut interest rates by a quarter-point only twice next year, down from their September estimate of four rate cuts in 2025. This caused U.S. stock indexes, which measure how the market is performing, to fall Wednesday.
Fed minutes may begin to show the hurdle to further rate cuts
Federal Reserve officials have been signaling that further interest rate cuts are on hold for now given slowed progress on inflation and a still-strong U.S. economy, but minutes from the central bank'
If the Fed pauses rate cuts in January, it might be because of Trump, Fed minutes show
Fed releases minutes from its December meeting, where its policymakers signaled a slower pace of interest-rate cuts in 2025.
Top Fed Official Backs New Rate Cuts Even if Trump Tariffs Materialize
A top policymaker at the US Federal Reserve says that he still supports reducing interest rates this year, despite elevated inflation and the prospect of widespread tariffs
No talk of any possible rate hike in December, minutes
Federal Reserve officials didn't discuss possible rate hikes in December, according to minutes of their meeting released Wednesday. If inflation remained elevated, officials thought that the Fed could hold rates steady or ease more slowly.
Fed Isn’t Certain Where Interest Rates Will Head, Minutes Show. Inflation and Trump Are Concerns.
Policymakers emphasized that policy is not on a preset path, and will need to evolve in response to the data and enacted policies of the new administration.
Trump: ‘Interest rates are far too high’
President-elect Trump on Tuesday declared interest rates are too high even as he decried still-elevated inflation, setting up ...
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Here's how much the Fed lowered interest rates
For only the third time in 2024, the Federal Reserve has lowered the federal funds rate. On Dec. 18, the Fed cut the rate, which influences interest on everything from car loans to ...
New Year, New Fed: What the FOMC Rotation Could Mean for Interest Rates
Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve policy committee's annual rotation gives more votes to "hawkish" members this year, whom ...
US10Y soars about 100 bps since Fed rate cuts, signaling a diverging inflation outlook
The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield (US10Y) on Wednesday hit levels not seen since November 2023. Read more on the move ...
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Federal Reserve made a 3rd consecutive rate cut today. Here's how it will impact your money.
The Federal Reserve today made its final interest rate decision of 2024 ... or the rate at which prices for goods and services change over time, has cooled since it reached a 40-year peak ...
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This Fed pause is the perfect time to pay down your costly, variable-rate debt
The Federal Reserve is pausing its interest rate hike ... or down at any time), the first thing that comes to mind is credit card debt. The average credit card APR is currently over 20%.