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Inflation in focus as Fed rate cut debate heats up: What to watch this week
A fresh reading on inflation will greet investors as stocks have surged back to record highs despite fears of rising price ...
Mortgage Interest Rates Today: Mortgage Rates Drop to Four-Month Low as Pressure Mounts on Fed
The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans registered 6.63% for the week ending Aug. 7, down from 6.72% last week.
The Federal Reserve’s ‘Interest On Reserves’ Doesn’t Contain Inflation
That’s because credit is produced, not decreed or managed by central banks. Individuals, banks, and governments borrow money ...
Where Are Fed Interest Rates Headed? Here's What Traders Think.
Friday's weak jobs report has rekindled bets on the Federal Reserve making a series of interest-rate cuts this year. As of ...
The Fed’s foolish interest rate policy is stopping America’s economy from booming
Federal Reserve keeps interest rates high despite rise in unemployment and economic concerns. Decision unnecessarily ...
Fed structure may be in flux, not just rates: Mike Dolan
Whatever happens at September's Federal Reserve meeting will pale in comparison to a wholesale rethinking of the U.S. central ...
The Fed Was Right to Say No on Interest Rates
In other words, there was no urgency to alter course. At the Fed’s next policy meeting, six weeks from now, things should be ...
Fed's Musalem: There are risks now to both the inflation and jobs goals
The Federal Reserve now faces risks to both its inflation and jobs goals, with policymakers needing to balance which seems ...