Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming ...

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U.S. jobless claims rose to 226,000, signaling early labor market weakness. With inflation rising, the Fed faces mounting pressure.

The Trump pressure on the Fed to cut interest rates as inflation is beginning to rise will only make the inflation problem more severe.

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Despite his assertions, inflation has begun rising as the impact of high tariffs starts kicking in.

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The Bank of Japan's increasing caution around raising interest rates further relies heavily on a relatively obscure inflation reading, which policy doves argue suggests weak consumer demand but ...

"The FOMC's obligation is to keep longer-term inflation expectations well anchored and to prevent a one-time increase in the price level from becoming an ongoing inflation problem," Powell said.