Fed kicks off 2024 by standing pat on interest rates
Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank is in wait-and-see mode amid mostly positive U.S. economic conditions.
Fed likely to hold rates steady despite Trump call for cuts as it awaits tariff, immigration changes
Outside of a U.S. President bending norms, the Fed also faces challenges in achieving its economic objectives. Inflation ...
Fed pauses interest rate cuts amid rising inflation concerns
After a two-day meeting of its monetary policy committee in Washington, the Fed announced it would hold its rate target at 4.25% to 4.50%.
Trump slams Fed after decision to hold interest rates steady
Policymakers left their benchmark rate unchanged amid signs that the economy is humming along, defying the president’s ...
Fed holds rates steady, hitting pause after series of cuts
The central bank’s decision to pause at its first meeting of 2025 followed a series of cuts that began in September to ...
Key takeaways from the Fed’s decision to pause interest rate cuts
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hit pause on interest rate cuts in its first key decision of President Donald Trump’s second ...
Fed pauses interest rate cuts as inflation, Trump's plans create uncertainty
The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged as officials grappled with uncertainty caused by inflation and ...
The Fed is pausing interest rates as most investors expected — and stocks decline on the news
The meeting went as expected, with no changes to interest rates. But the S&P 500 broad index of large cap stocks declined on ...
Traders will be looking for Fed 'endorsement' of two rate cuts penciled in for 2025, says strategists
Traders will be looking for the Federal Reserve to make an "endorsement" of the two rate cuts it penciled in for this year, according to Macquarie global strategists Thierry Wizman and Gareth Berry. B ...
Powell pushes back on Musk's claim Fed is 'absurdly overstaffed'
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back on billionaire Elon Musk's claim the central bank is "absurdly overstaffed," ...
The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday as it began a new wait-and-see policy stance amid a cloudy ...
Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees no hurry to cut again
The U.S. central bank held interest rates steady on Wednesday and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there would be no ...