Fed interest rates

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve
Economy

Fed’s expected rate cut today is less about stimulating the economy and more about protecting the job market from ‘shattering’

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December 10, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.
Economy

‘Fodder for a recession’: Top economist Mark Zandi warns about so many Americans ‘already living on the financial edge’ in a K-shaped economy 

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December 9, 2025
Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory
Economy

Jerome Powell faces a credibility issue as he tries to satisfy hawks and doves at the most divided Fed in recent memory

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December 7, 2025
Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell
Economy

Trump’s pick for chairman isn’t enough to threaten Fed independence, says Bank of America—especially if Jerome Powell decides to stick around

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December 3, 2025
Mohamed Aly El-Erian
Economy

‘This Fed went to sleep,’ says top economist Mohamed El-Erian, who wants to see the central bank reformed and presidents to ‘cool it’

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December 2, 2025
members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Hassett said that Chinese actions on trade in the last few weeks have been "unacceptable," but there has been "sort of a thawing" in US-China relations in recent days as conversations
Economy

Who is Kevin Hassett? The rumored Fed pick says inflation is ‘way down,’ sees ‘political bias’ in jobs data, and suggested firing Powell over a renovation

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December 1, 2025
President Donald Trump walks out with Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell
Economy

Trump says he has a name to replace Powell—so Wall Street may need to contend with a ‘shadow Fed chair’ for the next half year

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December 1, 2025
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appears to be the frontrunner to serve as the next Fed chair.
Economy

Longtime Trump advisor Kevin Hassett emerges as favorite for Fed chair, Bloomberg reports

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November 26, 2025
United States Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (L) and Chair of the Federal Reserve of the United States Jerome Powell (R).
Economy

Scott Bessent wants the era of Fed-watching to end: They should ‘move back into the background’ and make fewer speeches, he says

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November 26, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve
Economy

Wall Street is on tenterhooks over the Fed’s ‘rare, genuinely suspenseful’ December meeting: The committee is unsure of the data and one another

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November 25, 2025
The Fed is so divided that the next vote on rates could result in an unprecedented tie, analysts say. ‘Then things would get really messy’
Economy

The Fed is so divided that the next vote on rates could result in an unprecedented tie, analysts say. ‘Then things would get really messy’

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November 22, 2025
Trump addresses the press corps while motioning to Scott Bessent
Politics

Trump tells Scott Bessent to fix the Fed’s high interest rates or ‘I’m going to fire your ass’

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November 20, 2025
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on October 29, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Economy

The latest Fed minutes read like another nail in the coffin for a December interest rate cut

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November 20, 2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters October jobs and inflation reports will likely never be released on Wednesday.
Economy

White House official says October jobs and inflation data are likely to never be released

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November 13, 2025
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve
Economy

Hopes for a December rate cut are fading fast despite labor fears—Jerome Powell will have his work cut out attempting to unite the Fed

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November 12, 2025

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