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Is the Fed ready to cut interest rates? Experts weigh in

Futures markets are also expecting a rate cut. Investors peg the chances of a quarter-point interest rate cut at nearly 96%, ...

Bessent calls for steep interest rate cuts

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that short-term interest rates should be between 1.5 percentage points and 1.75 percentage points lower than their current level, keeping up the ...

It's 'Do Or Die' For Powell: The Jackson Hole Speech Preview

The Fed Chair Powell is expected to stay hawkish at the Jackson Hole Symposium and fail to signal an interest rate cut in ...

Will Powell use Jackson Hole speech to push back on hopes for September rate cut?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely to push back on growing investor expectations for a September interest-rate cut, as the rate-setting committee is still divided over its next move.

The Case for Interest-Rate Cuts Is Weak. But Trump Is Still Likely to Get Them.

Growth, inflation, and jobs data don’t signal rates cuts. Yet the odds of a quarter-point September cut are at just under 100 ...

Trump 'thinks' Powell will lower interest rates

President Trump signals confidence that Fed Chair Jerome Powell is ready to begin cutting interest rates, following a ...

Trump threatens to sue ‘loser’ Jerome Powell — as SF Fed chief says interest rates finally may fall

President Trump on Tuesday said his next line of attack against “loser” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for refusing ...