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Key July inflation report could skew future Fed interest rate cuts
The CME Group’s FedWatch Tool places the chance of a .25 rate cut in September at 86.4%. If this week’s July CPI report comes ...
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.
Fed Rate-Cut Chorus Grows Louder: Could This Be A Breakout Moment For Growth ETFs?
More Federal Reserve officials are now indicating that the central bank would soon begin an interest rate–reducing cycle, a move which can pave the way for a growth-oriented ETF rally. VUG ETF is up ...
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 ...
Jobs data triggered Trump, but Fed officials saw it not as rigged, but as reason to cut
The very data that caused President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he did not like the July employment report, calling it "rigged," is being taken as serious ...
Inflation likely moved higher last month as tariffs bite, putting the Fed in bind
Inflation likely ticked up in July for the third straight month as tariffs lift the cost of imported goods such as furniture, ...
One FOMC dissenter might have just called out the Fed for its shifting base interest rate policy
FOMC member Michelle Bowman has urged consistency in interest rate policy, following questions about why the FOMC cut rates ...