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Fed is on the verge of first 2025 cut. The question is whether it will keep going.

The Fed is widely expected to make its first interest rate cut of 2025 this week, but the bigger question is how many more ...

Rising inflation and a deteriorating job market puts the Fed and Americans in a difficult spot

Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries, and airfares jumped, while a measure of layoffs also increased, ...

Inflation climbed in August as Trump's tariffs intensified

Consumer prices rose 2.9% in August compared to a year ago, marking an uptick in price increases as President Donald Trump's ...

'Worst kind of setup for the Fed': What Wall Street is saying about the central bank's next rate decision

Stocks hit all-time highs as investors assessed weak labor data against the backdrop of sticky inflation, with a 25 basis ...

Firm Inflation, Soft Jobs Data Pull Fed in Opposing Directions

Consumer prices were up 2.9% in August from a year earlier, hotter than July’s gain of 2.7%. The year-over-year reading was ...

Is the Fed behind the curve — again?

With a pivotal Federal Reserve meeting coming up, America’s central bankers are confronted by an all-too-familiar question: ...

Fed may not hit 2% inflation target for years without a recession: Janus

Thursday's consumer-price index for August included an annual core inflation rate of 3.1%, which has remained above 2% since ...

Inflation likely rose last month as Trump’s sweeping tariffs boost goods prices

U.S. inflation likely ticked higher last month as the Trump administration’s import taxes lifted the price of goods, putting ...