Inflation Fight Isn’t Over, Fed Officials Say. What They’re Watching Now.
Fed Governor Adriana Kugler and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly cited anomalies that have complicated the central bank’s fight to cool price growth since the Covid pandemic.
Fed’s Cook Says Officials Can Be More Cautious With Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said policymakers can proceed more cautiously with additional rate cuts, citing a sturdy labor market and recent bumpiness in inflation data.
Fed Governor Lisa Cook Supports More Cautious Approach to Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Monday urged monetary policymakers to proceed "more cautiously" with interest rate cuts, given the Fed's 100 basis points of policy easing since September. Cook continues to believe it will be appropriate to move the benchmark rate toward a more neutral stance over time.
Fed Gov. Cook Backs Gradual Cuts. Inflation Isn’t the Only Risk She’s Watching.
New products, business models, and technologies can add to familiar risks such as excessive leverage, but also create “novel shocks,” she said.
Fed can afford a more cautious approach to rate cuts, Cook says
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Cook said Monday the U.S. central bank can afford to proceed more cautiously in cutting interest rates, as the risks to achieving its dual mandate of stable prices and full employment remain "roughly in balance.
Fed’s Daly, Kugler Stress Inflation Fight Has Not Yet Been Won
Two Federal Reserve officials on Saturday emphasized the US central bank must finish off its fight against the post-pandemic ...
Fed policy may need to stay restrictive for longer due to inflation risk, Barkin says
The U.S. central bank's benchmark policy rate should stay restrictive until it is more certain that inflation is returning to ...
Here's What I Think the Fed Will Do With Interest Rates in 2025 -- And 2 Stocks That Could Be Winners
I believe the Fed will cut interest rates a little more aggressively than the market expects. Companies in the financial ...
Gold Extends Drop After Fed Officials Express Inflation Concern
Gold held a decline as comments from Federal Reserve officials over the weekend reinforced the view the US central bank will ...
Fed's Cook: Further rate cuts can come cautiously
The U.S. Federal Reserve can be cautious with any further interest rate cuts given a solid economy and inflation proving ...
Fed officials signal more gradual approach to lowering rates as 2025 begins
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook said Monday it makes sense to lower interest rates more gradually given resilience in the job market and stickier-than-expected inflation, the latest central bank ...
Will Inflation Continue to Decline in 2025?
Inflation has cooled considerably since peaking in June 2022, but the annual rate remains above the Federal Reserve's goal of ...
Former Fed Chair Bernanke Says Trump’s Policies May Not Push Inflation Back Up
While plans to impose tariffs, cut immigration and expand tax cuts have alarmed many economists, others say early, pessimistic analyses may be incorrect.
Today's Mortgage Rates | How Inflation and Jobs Data Could Impact Rates This Month
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are flat, but incoming job market and inflation data could ...
Barkin Says He Prefers Fed Keep Rates Restrictive for Longer
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Tom Barkin said he believes the central bank’s current level of interest rates ...
Here’s The Fed’s 2025 Meeting Schedule And What To Expect For Interest Rates
The Fed is expected to cut interest rates in 2025, perhaps two or three times, with greater uncertainty for the second half ...