The increase may indicate that the labor market in the U.S. is softening.
Helder Marinho
Nov 02, 2023
The key U.S. rate stays at the highest level in more than 20 years.
Helder Marinho
Nov 01, 2023
The US central bank opened a key policy meeting Tuesday, with officials widely expected to hold interest rates at a 22-year-high as they balance efforts to lower inflation while staving off a recession.
AFP News
Oct 31, 2023
The Federal Reserve will likely announce it is holding interest rates at a 22-year high on Wednesday, as it looks to tackle inflation without damaging the resilient US economy.
AFP News
Oct 29, 2023
The U.S. central bank is expected to keep interest rates unchanged; Apple has a product launch event Monday.
Helder Marinho
Oct 29, 2023
The Fed chair said at an event in New York that stronger than expected economic growth and a tight labor market could put more pressure on inflation.
Helder Marinho
Oct 19, 2023
U.S. consumers keep shopping amid a strong labor market and slowing inflation.
Helder Marinho
Oct 17, 2023
Inflation, Fed rates and the crisis in the Middle East are pressuring overall markets with impacts on loans to buy homes.
Helder Marinho
Oct 12, 2023
Inflation remains elevated above the Federal Reserve's official targets -- no matter how you measure it -- complicating the Fed's interest rate policy.
Panos Mourdoukoutas Ph.D.
Oct 12, 2023
Markets are looking into the data to predict the Fed's next moves on interest rates.
Helder Marinho
Oct 12, 2023
US Federal Reserve officials agreed last month they should hold interest rates high "for some time" in their ongoing fight against inflation, according to minutes of the meeting published Wednesday.
AFP News
Oct 11, 2023
The US Federal Reserve should proceed carefully when deciding whether or not to hike interest rates further to bring down inflation, two senior officials said Monday.
AFP News
Oct 09, 2023
The Dallas Fed President warned that the Fed may need to do more as inflation remains too high.
Helder Marinho
Oct 09, 2023
The Fed can only keep interest rates high for a short time. It must lower the cost of borrowing for the federal government, which keeps accumulating more elevated and higher debt.
Panos Mourdoukoutas Ph.D.
Oct 06, 2023
The problem, according to the Feds, started when the senior leadership of the bank shifted its strategy and focused on "customers engaged in crypto activities," underlining that the institution took too big of a risk in one industry.
Nica Osorio
Oct 04, 2023
ADP's job data also showed a 12th month of slowdown in salary gains.
Helder Marinho
Oct 04, 2023
Congress will continue discussing a new bill to fund the government in 2024; OPEC+, Russia and allies are meeting.
Helder Marinho
Oct 02, 2023
The core PCE had the smallest gain in two years on a monthly basis.
Helder Marinho
Sep 29, 2023
Michelle Bowman and Susan Collins said that inflation is expected to remain above target for long period.
Helder Marinho
Sep 22, 2023
The Federal Reserve's tight monetary policy, which has pushed short-term rates above 5%, is beginning to take its toll on the equity and debt markets.
Panos Mourdoukoutas Ph.D.
Sep 22, 2023
After 11 interest rate increases since March last year, inflation has fallen sharply but remains stuck stubbornly above the Fed's long-run target of two percent per year -- keeping pressure on officials to consider further policy action.
AFP News
Sep 20, 2023
Analysts expect the US Federal Reserve to pause interest rate hikes on Wednesday as the central bank looks to tame inflation while avoiding a recession, despite a recent energy-fueled rise in consumer prices.
AFP News
Sep 19, 2023
