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Fed policymakers flag rate cuts as job market cools
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Fed's Powell, in policy shift, says 'time has come' to cut rates
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Fed most likely to cut rates by quarter percentage point next month, Daly says
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Monday said "the time is upon us" to cut interest rates, likely starting with a quarter-percentage point reduction in
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Fed policymakers agree on need for rate cuts, but their reasons vary
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Fed's Daly says rate cuts needed to keep labor market healthy
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Fed policymakers say they are ready to start cutting interest rates
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Fed seen nearly as likely to cut rates by 50 bps as 25 bps
The Federal Reserve is nearly as likely to deliver an outsized interest-rate cut next week as a more-usual-sized reduction, trading in rate-futures
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What's happening in Las Vegas shows Fed's 'soft landing' is a good bet
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Fed to go big on first rate cut, traders bet
Traders on Tuesday kept bets the Federal Reserve will start an expected series of interest rate cuts with a half-percentage-point move downward on Wednesday, an expectation
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Fed unveils oversized rate cut as it gains 'greater confidence' about inflation
The U.S. central bank on Wednesday kicked off an anticipated series of interest rate cuts with a larger-than-usual half-percentage-point
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What does a Fed rate cut mean for American households?
The Federal Reserve cut U.S. short-term borrowing costs on Wednesday by a bigger-than-usual half percentage point, a watershed moment that should start to
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Fed might have cut rates at July meeting, Powell says
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Fed rate cuts will put money in pockets, but a mood shift may take time
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Fed's Kugler strongly supported half-percentage-point rate cut
Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said on Wednesday that she "strongly supported" the U.S. central bank's decision to cut interest rates
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Fed seen slowing rate cut pace after strong US jobs data
A surge in U.S. job growth has financial markets betting the Federal Reserve will follow last month's half-point interest rate reduction with smaller moves, and ignited a
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Fed officials signal more rate cuts, Bostic open to a skip
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Fed's Waller "more cautious" on rate cuts
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Fed faces hefty data, political calendar before next policy meeting
The nine days until Federal Reserve officials sit down to decide what to do next with interest rates features a veritable murderers' row of events to shape their move -
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Fed's rate cut revives small business optimism and plans to borrow
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Fed seen on track to cut rates next week and in December
With inflation now only just above the Federal Reserve's 2% target and wage pressures easing, U.S. central bankers are widely expected to cut short-term borrowing costs next
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Fed seen on track for 25-basis-point rate cuts next week and in December
Federal Reserve policymakers look all but certain to reduce short-term borrowing costs by a modest quarter of a percentage point at their policy meeting next week, their
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Strong rebound in employment hoists US services PMI to more than two-year high
The U.S. services sector accelerated to a more than two-year high in October as employment rebounded strongly, suggesting that a near stall in
