Morgan Stanley revises Fed rate cut forecast amid tariff uncertainty
Morgan Stanley joined Barclays and Macquarie in forecasting a single 25 basis point interest rate cut by the U.S. Federal ...
The Fed Is About to Hit Pause on Rate Cuts. Here’s Why.
Faced with a solid economy and mounting inflation concerns, the U.S. central bank has said it will “move cautiously” on ...
Fed leaning toward more rate cuts amid uncertainty, Barkin says
The U.S. Federal Reserve is still leaning towards further rate cuts this year although uncertainty about the impact of new tariff, immigration, regulatory and other Trump administration initiatives ...
Fed expected to pause rate cuts as it begins to weigh Trump policies
Donald Trump’s return to the White House is overshadowing the Fed’s meeting this week, with policymakers expected to pause ...
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Here's When the Fed Is Likely to Cut Interest Rates Again, and What It Means for Stocks
Between March 2022 and August 2023, it raised the federal funds ... The downward trend was enough for the Fed to cut rates in September, November, and December 2024. But after falling to an ...
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Fed declines to lower interest rate, ending 3-cut run
The Fed declined Wednesday to lower the interest rate in a move that ends a three-cut run and goes against the direction of ...
Underlying Job Market Dynamics Retighten As Fed Moves Any Rate Cuts Into Distance Amid Accelerating Inflation
Job openings gave up some of the past two months' increases in December and fell to 7.60 million, seasonally adjusted, thought the three-month average ticked up for the third month in a row.
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Fed Rate Cuts on Hold With Continued Healthy Job Growth
The Fed has cut rates at its last three meetings ... The unemployment rate had drifted up from a three-month average of 3.6% as of August 2023 to 4.2% in August 2024, triggering the ‘Sahm ...
Real World Economics: The Fed cannot save our wayward economy
An applied Friedmanite, Volcker understood that excess growth of the money supply was the root cause of this ...
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No, Your Mortgage Rate Won’t Go Down With the Fed Rate Cut – Debunking the Myths
Federal Reserve rate cuts don’t necessarily mean mortgage ... point higher than the current rate of 6.46% (as of late August 2024). That might come as a surprise to anyone who got used to ...
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No Relief in Sight: Why Mortgage Rates and Borrowing Costs Are Stuck Despite Fed Cuts
The Fed has cut interest rates by a full percentage point since ... to 21.47% in November of last year after peaking at 21.76% in August, according to data from the Federal Reserve.
Des Moines home sales increase for first time in three years. Will the momentum continue?
Mortgage rates have remained high, even after the Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate. But slipping metro home sales have leveled off ...