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Inflation "settling" high could pose new risks for the Fed, economy
Inflation lodged above the U.S.
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Fed's Cook says households, banks, firms largely in solid financial shape
U.S. households, banks and firms are largely in solid financial shape, with the means at hand to cover debt payments and with strong enough buffers to absorb
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Fed's communications style scores well with analysts but not public
Through a tumultuous period of high inflation, aggressive interest rate hikes, and global instability, the U.S.
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Fed's Daly says disinflation still happening, but sees 'considerable' uncertainty
There is "considerable" uncertainty about where U.S. inflation will head in coming months, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said on
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Fed's Bostic says economy likely slowing, though rate-cut timing uncertain
The U.S. central bank likely remains on track to cut interest rates this year even if the timing and extent of the policy easing is uncertain and further
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Fed officials mull whether rates high enough as inflation expectations jump
Debate over whether U.S. interest rates are high enough deepened among Federal Reserve officials this week, and may be stoked further after a
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The world skirted a wage-price spiral, though "last mile" risks remain -research
Developed economies have so far skirted a damaging wage price spiral from the breakout of inflation that followed the pandemic, two top economists have
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Fed's Barr: Inflation data 'disappointing,' tight policy needs more time
U.S. inflation data through the first months of 2024 has been "disappointing," Fed vice chair for supervision Michael Barr said on Monday,
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Fed shifts talk to 'scenarios' as policy grows less certain
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a May 1 press conference he didn't want to talk about economic "hypotheticals," but that's what he and other U.S.
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Amid doubts, Fed officials kept disinflation faith at last meeting
Federal Reserve officials at their last policy meeting said they still had faith that price pressures would ease at least slowly in coming months, but doubts emerged
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Central bankers should acknowledge blind spots in a less certain world, Fed's Mester says
In nearly 40 years working for and helping lead the Federal Reserve, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester was part of a revolution that saw the
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Price cuts, weaker spending could bolster Fed's faith in inflation outlook
Price cuts by major U.S. retailers and new data showing a slowdown in consumer spending may boost the Federal Reserve's confidence in falling inflation and
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US job market hits milestone on long, strange trip back to pre-pandemic normal
The U.S. job market in April cleared a key hurdle in its slow return from the COVID-19 pandemic when a wonky economic chart known as the "Beveridge Curve"
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Small business may show a coming US hiring slowdown
Like many firms during the pandemic Worxbee, a small business that provides virtual executive assistant services, brought on bodies when Chief Executive Kenzie Biggins
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Are you better off today? A question for voters as Biden, Trump debate
Perhaps the most famous one-liner in a presidential debate, Ronald Reagan's "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
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Fed's new economic projections may come with a dose of maybe, maybe not
Updated economic projections from Federal Reserve officials this week are expected to show fewer interest rate cuts than policymakers anticipated three
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Fed's Bostic says inflation moving in 'right direction,' sees one Q4 rate cut
Inflation in the U.S. "appears to be narrowing" and that should allow the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates later this year, Atlanta Fed President
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Global central banks recalibrate as the big policy easing of 2024 fizzles
Six months ago the world's major central banks were primed for a move that anyone with a credit card or hoping to buy a home or run a
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Fed's Powell says US on 'disinflationary path,' but more data needed before rate cuts
The U.S. is back on a "disinflationary path," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday, but policymakers need more data
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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
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Fed officials urge patience on timing of initial rate cut
Federal Reserve policymakers said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank should wait several more months to ensure that
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Fed's faith in 'immaculate disinflation' narrative put to the test
The Federal Reserve will conclude a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, with officials parsing evidence of slowing inflation alongside continued labor
