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Fed leaves key rate unchanged as it awaits the impact of tariffs and Trump again scolds Powell
When the Fed reduces its rate, it often — though not always — leads to lower costs for consumer and business borrowing, ...
Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The central bank yet again opted to keep interest rates steady Wednesday as policymakers ...
Powell sticks it to Trump on interest rates — and beyond
President Trump joked that he should appoint himself Fed chair — but Jerome Powell showed him who is really in charge of ...
Fed's Interest Rate Decision: June 18, 2025
The Federal Reserve concluded its fourth meeting of the year by keeping the federal funds rate (FFR) at 4.25-4.50%, as ...
Ahead of the Fed’s Decision, Here’s How Rates Have Moved Since 2000
Investors are nearly unanimous in expecting the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold Wednesday, in a range of 4.25% ...
Tracking Trump: Iran gets the ‘ultimate ultimatum’; Fed maintains interest rates; Hegseth defends Confederate base names; and more
Findings: The Social Security and Medicare trustees issued a report projecting the two programs are approaching insolvency ...
Fed dot plot reveals more divided central bank, but still points to two rate cuts in 2025
The Federal Reserve's latest "dot plot" outlining future interest rate moves suggests the central bank will still cut rates ...
If the Fed lowers interest rates this year, it’ll likely be because of bad news. Here’s why
Rising unemployment will likely be what pulls the trigger for the Federal Reserve to finally begin lowering interest rates ...