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US Fed to cut rates in September and once more this year, say most economists: Reuters poll

A Federal Reserve interest rate cut in September, the first this year, followed perhaps by another before year-end remains ...

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%, ...

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 ...

Powell at Jackson Hole, Fed Minutes, Walmart Earnings: What to Watch Next Week

Next week's set-piece event is the Jackson Hole central-bank gathering in Wyoming, slated for Thursday through Saturday.

There's one thing that could throw cold water on rate cuts, says one of the contenders for Fed chief

The 10-year Treasury yield will be a key factor determining how aggressively the Fed can cut rates, Marc Sumerlin, a contender for Fed Chair, said.

Powell didn’t just refuse to deliver a rate cut—he also hinted a raise could have been on the cards

Powell put a cat among the pigeons by suggesting he was minded to "look through" tariff-induced inflation by not increasing ...

Fed keeps rates unchanged — but two vote against Powell’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach

The central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee maintained the benchmark rate between 4.25% and 4.5%, where ...

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 ...