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Fed can't justify cutting rates right now, says The Manhattan Institute's Allison Schrager
Allison Schrager, The Manhattan Institute, and Wendy Edelberg, The Brookings Institution, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the ...
Jobs report shows 147,000 new hires in June. Bigger-than-expected gain to keep Fed from cutting interest rates soon.
The U.S. added a decent 147,000 jobs in June that pointed to resilience in the labor market, but the pace of hiring has ...
Trump says Powell costs US $900B a year in interest by not cutting rates. Is he right?
President Trump says Fed rate cuts would save the government as much as $900 billion a year in interest payments on its debt.
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The Fed can ignore Trump — but markets are listening
The president and his allies have stepped up their verbal attacks on the Federal Reserve and its chairman in recent weeks, ...
US Treasury chief says he thinks Fed could lower interest rates by September
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday he believes the Federal Reserve could lower interest rates by September ...
Powell says the Fed would have cut rates this year if it weren’t for tariffs
The Federal Reserve would likely have lowered interest rates this year if it weren’t for President Donald Trump’s significant policy changes, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday.
Powell reiterates Fed will wait for more data before cutting rates
U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell reiterated the U.S. central bank plans to "wait and learn more" about the impact of ...
Fed Officials Could Be Split On Whether To Cut Interest Rates In July
At least three Federal Reserve policymakers spoke out this week in favor of holding interest rates steady for the time being, ...
Fed Chair Jerome Powell blames Trump tariffs for high interest rates
The central bank chief said he believes the Fed board would have decided to lower rates further until Trump launched his ...
Scott Bessent says Fed could cut rates by September or 'sooner'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday night that he thinks the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates by September or 'sooner' because of mild inflation thus far from President Trump’s ...
Jobs Report: Why Slower Job Growth, Rising Unemployment Won't Cause the Fed to Cut Rates Sooner
Unemployment rate: 4.3%, slightly higher than 4.2% in May. The Fed angle: It's unlikely that a moderate jobs report will prompt the central bank to cut interest rates at its next meeting.
Weekly mortgage rates continue to fall as the Fed debates timing
The article Weekly Mortgage Rates Continue to Fall as the Fed Debates Timing originally appeared on NerdWallet.