Two firm inflation prints just made the Fed's 2025 rate cut path a lot 'murkier'
October inflation readings out this week have shown little progress toward the Fed's two percent inflation target, putting into question how deeply the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in 2025.
US inflation rate on 'strong trajectory' to Fed's 2% target, Boston Fed chief says
Collins isn’t a voting member of the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee rate-setting committee this year, but she will be in 2025. According to the report, Collins said she didn’t see new price pressures and warned that housing inflation driving ...
Powell says Fed will likely cut rates cautiously given persistent inflation pressures
Chair Jerome Powell says the Federal Reserve will likely cut its key interest rate slowly and deliberately in the coming months, in part because inflation has shown signs of persistence and the Fed’s
Inflation Rose in October, Raising Concerns for Fed Rate Cuts
October's annual inflation rate ticked up for the first time in seven months, after more than two years of gradual cooling.
Are the Fed's Rate Cuts Over Now That Inflation Is Rising Again?
October's Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures changes in the cost of consumer goods and services, showed that annual inflation rose by 2.6%. That's not an alarmingly high rate of inflation. It's also only a modest uptick from September's CPI reading, which measured annual inflation at 2.4%.
US Inflation on Strong Trajectory to 2% Goal, Fed’s Collins Says
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said she sees inflation heading back to the central bank’s 2% goal even though the data may be volatile from month to month.
4 signs of re-inflation investors should watch out for, Charles Schwab says
The Fed could cut interest rates "slower and shallower" in 2025, according to Charles Schwab strategists.
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Fed officials wary of inflation risks as they weigh more rate cuts
Fed policymakers on Wednesday held open the door to a go-slower approach, in the face of data showing the labor market ...
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Fed’s Collins optimistic as inflation nears 2% goal
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins expressed confidence that inflation is on track to sustainably reach ...
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Would changing the Fed’s inflation target help people afford homes?
The trick is finding inflation's sweet spot — too much or too little can lead to a lot of problems for the economy and ...
Inflation Ticks Up, as the Fed’s Victory Remains Incomplete
Inflation has cooled notably, but a pickup in annual price increases underscores that it is not fully back to normal.
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Inflation ticked up in October, CPI report shows. What happens next with interest rates?
But prices spiked in the pandemic, and the annual inflation rate reached a 40-year high of 9.1% in mid-2022. The Fed stepped in, raising interest rates dramatically in 2022 and 2023 to cool the ...
Richmond Fed’s Barkin expects inflation will fall into next year, hints at slowing rate-cut pace
Richmond Fed president Tom Barkin said Friday that he expects inflation will continue to drop into next year and hinted at ...
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Mortgage Predictions: The Fed Isn't Hurrying to See Lower Rates
The Fed has two main objectives: maintain maximum employment and contain inflation. Although one single data point is never ...