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JPMorgan predicts Fed will cut rates in September — and four total times this year

The bank expects a quarter-point cut when the Fed next meets, followed by three more cuts of the same size at later meetings.

Bessent Leads Search For New Fed Chair

As President Trump pressures for lower interest rates, the search for a new Federal Reserve Chair, led by Scott Bessent, has ...

Waiting for a Fed rate cut? Chair Powell offered few signals of one, economists say

Nothing tariffs are starting to push up prices, Powell said the Fed is already “looking through” goods inflation by not ...

Fed recap: Powell says no decision on September, must wait to see tariff impact on inflation

The central bank kept its target rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, but two policymakers disagreed with the decision.

Markets are near-certain of a September rate cut as more Fed presidents turn dovish overnight

Neither Presidents Kashkari or Daly—nor Governor Cook—dissented at the July meeting. With Governor Chris Waller and FOMC ...

Powell Under Siege as Fed Plans to Stand Pat on Rate Cuts

Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is facing relentless attacks from the president, a lively campaign to replace ...

Have we seen Powell's last rate cut as Fed chair?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made it clear on Wednesday that the resilient U.S. labor market is currently the primary ...

Shaky Trump-Powell truce could break next week with Fed rate decision

The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision next week, and while Trump seems to expect a rate cut, the ...