The Fed's biggest challenge has become the 'Sasquatch of the financial world'
The "neutral rate" of interest is something most economists and Fed officials are convinced exists, but it has never been ...
Credit card rates have barely budged, despite interest rate cuts. Here's why
Credit card debt climbed $24 billion over a three-month stretch ending in September, soaring to a level 8% higher than where ...
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The Fed Just Cut Interest Rates Again. Should You Sign a Mortgage ASAP?
The Fed has lowered its benchmark interest rate twice this year, with its most recent rate cut in November. While rate ...
Traders See Just Over 50% Chance That Fed Cuts Rates in December
Bond traders are giving only slightly better-than-even odds to an interest-rate cut next month as resilient economic data ...
Investors are bracing for higher-for-even-longer interest rates
Friday’s stronger-than-expected economic data, combined with fresh remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on ...
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Trump, the Fed, and an almost inevitable showdown over interest rates
At least for now. Trump, who appointed Powell as Fed chair, weighed firing him in a disagreement over interest rates in ...
Fed Officials Fret Over How Far They Can Lower Interest Rates
Several Federal Reserve officials Wednesday reiterated their deep uncertainty over how far the central bank will need to ...
Fed's Goolsbee says the big picture is that rates are moving lower
Stepping back from the day-to-day volatility, the bottom line is that interest rates are going to move lower, said Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, on Friday. "As long as we keep making progress ...