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Have we seen Powell's last rate cut as Fed chair?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made it clear on Wednesday that the resilient U.S. labor market is currently the primary ...

Waiting for a Fed rate cut? Chair Powell offered few signals of one, economists say

Nothing tariffs are starting to push up prices, Powell said the Fed is already “looking through” goods inflation by not ...

The Fed Chair Doesn’t Set Rates by Himself. Here Are the Other Voting Members.

Jerome Powell has been Trump’s No. 1 target as the president demands lower interest rates, but other policymakers are also ...

Weakening US jobs market hits center of Fed rate policy debate

Surprisingly weak July hiring data released on Friday highlighted a fractious Federal Reserve debate over whether the central ...

Fed Starts Talks on a More Relaxed Version of Basel III Endgame

The Federal Reserve has kicked off the process for putting together a new risk-based capital rule that would be less ...

Dissents at Fed Highlight Fraying Consensus Amid Tariff Debate

The Federal Reserve held rates steady for a fifth straight meeting Wednesday but faced rare dissents from two officials ...

Dissenting Fed officials tie votes to labor market concerns

The two Federal Reserve governors who favored an interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's policy meeting this week said ...