The past year’s consistently robust hiring gains have defied the fastest increase in the Fed’s benchmark interest rate in four decades.
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The past year’s consistently robust hiring gains have defied the fastest increase in the Fed’s benchmark interest rate in four decades.
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The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation by raising its key interest rate for the eighth time since March.
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Investors still don’t seem to fully believe what the Fed warns is coming next: higher rates through the end of the year.
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Read More »January 19, 2023 Comments Off on Fed official backs smaller hikes, saying inflation easing
A Federal Reserve vice chair said recent reports show high inflation is easing and suggested it was possible that price acceleration may cool without causing significant job losses.
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Read More »January 18, 2023 Comments Off on Fed official: Rate hikes have begun to quell inflation
Growing evidence that high inflation is finally easing shows that the Federal Reserve's sharp interest rate hikes are working as intended, a key Fed policymaker said.
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Read More »December 28, 2022 Comments Off on States banking big bucks as Fed attempts to fight inflation
State governments emerging from the coronavirus pandemic built historic cash surpluses, and many are banking millions off those surpluses as the Fed fights inflation with higher interest rates.
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Read More »December 16, 2022 Comments Off on Recession a growing fear as Fed plans to keep rates high
After scaling 40-year highs, inflation in the United States has been slowly easing since summer. Yet the Federal Reserve seems decidedly unimpressed.
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Read More »December 15, 2022 Comments Off on Why doesn’t the Federal Reserve target another number?
What’s so special about the number 2? Quite a lot, if you’re a central banker – and that number is followed by a percent sign. That’s been the de facto or official target inflation rate for the Federal Reserve, the ...
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Read More »December 14, 2022 Comments Off on Fed raises key rate by half-point and signals more to come
The Federal Reserve reinforced its inflation fight by raising its key interest rate for the seventh time this year.
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Read More »December 1, 2022 Comments Off on Inflation gauge tracked by the Fed slows to still-high 6%
A measure of inflation that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve eased but remained at an elevated level in October.
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