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Warning Signs Abound In Trade Data As Fed Hints At Lowering Interest Rates

In just three months, tariffs as a percentage of imports quadrupled, topping 10% for the first time in two decades, according ...

Dow soars more than 900 points after Fed hints at interest rate cuts

The hope among investors had been that Powell would hint that the Fed's first cut to interest rates of the year may be ...

Former Fed official Bullard says September interest rate cut is now a 'done deal'

Former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday that a September interest-rate cut was now a "done deal." It was ...

Fed’s Powell Gives Final Jackson Hole Speech Today—Here’s What To Watch For On Interest Rates And More

The Trump administration has pressured Powell, whose term as Fed chair expires next year, to step down as chair of the ...

Fed Minutes Reveal Broad Support for Holding Rates Steady Last Month

Almost all” officials backed July’s interest-rate decision, even though two governors backed a rate cut, according to a ...

Fed officials point to August data as critical for looming interest-rate decision

So many Federal Reserve officials have said they are waiting for data over the next few weeks before deciding on a September ...

Fed dissenters appeared alone in favoring rate cut at July meeting, minutes show

Not even 48 hours after the conclusion of last month's meeting, data from the Labor Department appeared to validate the ...

Trump may want lower interest rates for consumers, but it sure is convenient for the national debt he’s creating, too

While Trump frames the issue as consumer pain, Wharton’s Joao Gomes told Fortune that cheaper borrowing would also ease ...