The Fed has now stood on the economy’s sidelines for two consecutive meetings, dating to January, after an unusually busy period of interest rate increases and reductions over the previous three ...

Despite extensive communication, the Fed remains unclear about its policy decisions and rationale, making it challenging to predict future actions. The Fed's silence on potential rate hikes ...

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The Trump administration's expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth, and the Federal Reserve will focus on keeping price increases temporary, Fed Chair Jerome ...

The Fed adjusts the federal funds rate (overnight interest rates) to influence economic activity when the CPI and unemployment rate deviate too far from where they should be. In 2022, the central ...

At the moment "we're certainly not in a stagflationary environment," Fed Governor Adriana Kugler said on Wednesday in remarks given just as Trump was unveiling his chart of tariff rates in the ...

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At the end of its Federal Open Market Committee session on March 19, 2025, the Fed announced holding the federal funds target interest rate steady at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%. It marks the second ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Trump administration’s expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. Watch Powell’s remarks in ...

The Trump administration’s expansive new tariffs will likely lead to higher inflation and slower growth, and the Federal Reserve will focus on keeping price increases temporary, Fed Chair Jerome ...