Mises Institute2d
Why the Fed’s Two-Percent Inflation Target Is Meaningless
In recent years we have repeatedly seen how the Federal Reserve's much-touted two-percent price-inflation goal is little more ...
Fed Sees No 'Hurry' to Cut Rates as Confidence in Economy Grows, Powell Says
GDI is an alternate measure of economic growth, similar to gross domestic product, but with income rather than output as the ...
Fed Chair Powell Says Economy is in ‘Solid Shape’
The relative strength of the economy means the central bank will take a deliberate policy approach, with gradual rate cuts coming.
Powell says U.S. economy is in ‘solid shape’ — and the Fed intends to keep it that way
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the 50-basis-point cut in the central bank’s policy rate earlier this month was a ...
Will the Federal Reserve Stick a Soft Landing?
Economists are watching whether the Federal Reserve can achieve a “soft landing” by bringing inflation down to its target ...
Fed’s Powell Says Rate Cuts Can Sustain Soft Landing, but Sees No Need to Rush
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the economy was in solid shape. “We intend to use our tools to keep it there,” he ...
Mises Institute5d
“I Have Bills to Pay,” Or Why the Fed Really Cut Interest Rates
What if we could have eavesdropped on a conversation between Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen?
Money Metals Exchange11d
Chicago Fed President Goolsbee Wants to Declare Pennies Nickels
A recent comment by Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee gives you a glimpse into how Fed people think and helps ...
The Australian Financial Review15d
Why no one should be celebrating the Fed’s super-sized rate cut
The vast, vast majority of economists surveyed by Bloomberg before the Federal Reserve’s interest rates ... They are now scrambling to explain why Fed chairman Jerome Powell delivered a 0.5 ...
CBS News16d
Stocks surge a day after Federal Reserve's first interest rate cut since 2020
Stocks on Wall Street soared Thursday a day after the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate by 0.50 percentage points, with investors cheering the central bank's move to head off a ...
Hindustan Times16d
US Federal Reserve is finally lowering rates: Here's what consumers need to know
On Wednesday, the Fed announced that it reduced its key rate by an unusually large half-percentage point, to between 4.75 and 5 percent The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from ...
The Australian Financial Review16d
Traders temper bets the RBA will follow the Fed’s rate cut
Traders have pushed back expectations the Reserve Bank will soon follow the path of the US Federal Reserve, which kicked off its easing cycle with a jumbo interest rate cut. The world’s most ...