The Federal Reserve has a playbook for fighting inflation, and another for boosting the economy when unemployment is rising.
Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady, as widely expected by financial markets.Fed officials ...
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell cites "high uncertainty" around the impact of Trump administration tariffs on key trading partners.
The Federal Reserve maintained its previously expected pace of rate cuts but signaled higher inflation and a slowdown in ...
Fed officials stuck to their projection of two 25-basis-point interest-rate reductions this year while baking in slower ...
The central bank penciled in two rate cuts for 2025, but President Trump’s sweeping agenda has injected “remarkably high” ...
There’s no cocktail a central banker hates more than high unemployment mixed with high inflation. That cocktail, also known as stagflation, was in the limelight after the Federal Reserve’s March ...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve ... Higher inflation typically would lead the Fed to keep its key rate elevated, or even raise rates. On the other hand, slower growth and higher unemployment ...