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Ann Saphir

Ann Saphir

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Fed policymakers see just one rate cut this year, 4 cuts in 2025

U.S. central bankers believe they’ll cut interest rates just once this year, two fewer than they thought in March as inflation approaches their 2% goal more slowly than they

Fed policymakers see just one rate cut this year, 4 cuts in 2025
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Fed gets heartening inflation data, but slow road ahead

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Fed gets heartening inflation data, but slow road ahead
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Fed Chair Powell scheduled for July 9 Senate Banking testimony

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Fed Chair Powell scheduled for July 9 Senate Banking testimony
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"Encouraged" by recent data, Fed's Kugler eyes rate cut later this year

Inflation is exhibiting encouraging signs of cooling, U.S.

"Encouraged" by recent data, Fed's Kugler eyes rate cut later this year
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Fed officials steer cautiously toward potential rate cuts

Federal Reserve officials, heartened by recent data, are looking for further confirmation that inflation is cooling and for any warning signs from a still

Fed officials steer cautiously toward potential rate cuts
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Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees only one 2024 cut despite inflation progress

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and pushed out the start of rate cuts to perhaps as late as December as

Fed leaves rates unchanged, sees only one 2024 cut despite inflation progress
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Fed's Logan: risks more balanced, no urgency on rate cuts

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Friday said she is in no rush to cut interest rates, and while there has been "tremendous progress" on

Fed's Logan: risks more balanced, no urgency on rate cuts
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Exclusive-Goolsbee sees progress on inflation, says his rate-cut forecast near Fed median

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Thursday called 2023 a "hall-of-fame" year for falling inflation, which has paved the way for a few U.S. interest rate

Exclusive-Goolsbee sees progress on inflation, says his rate-cut forecast near Fed median
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Fed officials find a bit of Zen on way to next policy decision

By Ann Saphir and Michael S.

Fed officials find a bit of Zen on way to next policy decision
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Yellen warns Beijing: Chinese firms aiding Russia face 'significant consequences'

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Yellen warns Beijing: Chinese firms aiding Russia face 'significant consequences'
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Fed's Powell: "Not confident" policy is tight enough, supply-side help may be finished

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Fed's Powell: "Not confident" policy is tight enough, supply-side help may be finished
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US economy no longer overheated, Fed's Powell tells Congress

The U.S. is "no longer an overheated economy" with a job market that has cooled from its pandemic-era extremes and in many ways is back where

US economy no longer overheated, Fed's Powell tells Congress
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June price drop may shorten the Fed's last mile on inflation

The "last mile" of the Federal Reserve's battle against inflation may have shortened to a last lap after U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in

June price drop may shorten the Fed's last mile on inflation
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Fed's Goolsbee says US economy looks back on track to 2% inflation

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said on Thursday the U.S. economy looks like it is back on track to 2% inflation after a bump up earlier this

Fed's Goolsbee says US economy looks back on track to 2% inflation
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Fed seen on track for September rate cut after good inflation data

Federal Reserve policymakers on Friday got fresh evidence of progress on inflation, fueling expectations they will use the U.S. central bank's meeting next week to signal they

Fed seen on track for September rate cut after good inflation data
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Fed's Powell puts September rate cut on table as US inflation cools

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday interest rates could be cut as soon as September if the U.S. economy follows its expected

Fed's Powell puts September rate cut on table as US inflation cools
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Tougher US credit conditions may help pave Fed's rate-cut path

Benign inflation data and a cooling job market aside, U.S. credit conditions featuring tepid loan demand and stiff terms may also be bolstering confidence among Federal

Tougher US credit conditions may help pave Fed's rate-cut path
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Fed rate cuts loom large as US job market slows sharply

U.S. central bankers may be having second thoughts about their decision earlier this week to hold borrowing costs steady, after a government report on Friday showed the job

Fed rate cuts loom large as US job market slows sharply
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Fed policymakers signal rate cuts ahead, but not recession

U.S. central bank policymakers pushed back on Monday against the notion that weaker-than-expected July jobs data means the economy is in recessionary

Fed policymakers signal rate cuts ahead, but not recession
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US recession worries surge again. What is in the data?

An unexpectedly weak U.S. employment report, featuring a post-pandemic high in the jobless rate, has rekindled worries a recession may be in the offing that

US recession worries surge again. What is in the data?
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US 30-year mortgage rate drops on weak jobs data, Fed rate-cut signals

The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan plunged last week to its lowest level in 15 months, after the Federal Reserve signaled it could start cutting its policy

US 30-year mortgage rate drops on weak jobs data, Fed rate-cut signals
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The Fed has cut rates amid stock swoons before. Not this time

A sharp slowdown in the U.S. job market that touched off days of global stock-market turmoil also fueled speculation the Federal Reserve may not wait until its

The Fed has cut rates amid stock swoons before. Not this time
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Fed policymakers signal rate cuts ahead, but not because of market rout

Federal Reserve policymakers are increasingly confident that inflation is cooling enough to allow interest-rate cuts ahead, and they will take their cues on the size and

Fed policymakers signal rate cuts ahead, but not because of market rout
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Shrinking cash cushions may pinch US consumer spending, SF Fed report says

Middle- and low-income U.S. families now have significantly fewer liquid resources like bank deposits than they were on track to have before the disruptions of the COVID-19

Shrinking cash cushions may pinch US consumer spending, SF Fed report says
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What to look for at Fed's Jackson Hole symposium

Central bankers from around the world fly into Jackson Hole, Wyoming, this week to attend what has become the globe's premier economic gathering, the Kansas City Federal

What to look for at Fed's Jackson Hole symposium

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