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To cut or not to cut? This week's inflation data complicates the picture for the Fed

This week's inflation data further complicates things for the Fed in terms of cutting interest rates. Read more here.

Inflation or jobs: Federal Reserve officials are divided over competing concerns

Federal Reserve policymakers will be debating whether stubborn inflation or slower hiring is the bigger problem for the ...

Chicago Fed president wants to see a 'few months of data' on inflation to gauge economy's health

"The hardest thing that the Fed ever has to do is get the timing right at moments of transition,” Goolsbee said on NBC News’ ...

Fed's Goolsbee: want more assurance on inflation to cut in Sept or autumn

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Friday left the door open to supporting an interest-rate cut in ...

Stocks ease, US yields rise after hot US inflation data shakes confidence in Fed rate cut

Global stocks edged lower on Thursday, with equities on Wall Street ending flat, while U.S. Treasury yields rose after market ...

Fed Rate Cut Grows More Likely as Inflation Holds Steady at 2.7%

Inflation held steady in July and ran slightly cooler than expected, increasing the odds of a Federal Reserve rate cut next ...

Inflation shocker blows apart expectations for huge Fed rate cuts

Goldman Sachs economists in a note estimated that consumers could soon bear up to 67% of tariff costs, up from 22%, thus ...

US2Y jumps as hot PPI print fuels inflation concerns and puts Fed rate path in focus

The rate-sensitive U.S. 2 Year Treasury yield (US2Y) jumped up on Thursday, as it reacted sharply to the hotter-than-expected ...

Wholesale inflation spikes, putting Fed in tricky position

Wholesale prices increased in July at the quickest pace since February, as economists are keeping a sharp eye on inflation ...

'The risk that's on our doorstep': July inflation data has economists on edge

Massive downward revisions in July's jobs report last week fueled concerns that the labor market is softening too quickly, strengthening the case for rate cuts. But the hotter-than-anticipated ...

Core inflation still a little hot, but not enough to derail Fed's expected rate cuts: FHN

Core inflation still looks "a little hot" at 3.1% in July on a yearly basis, up from 3% a month before, according to Chris ...

Fed debate on September rate cut to turn on inflation, jobs data

A jump in wholesale prices is likely to bolster concerns among Federal Reserve policymakers that rising inflation remains a ...