The New York Times20h
Inflation Is Ebbing. Now the Fed Must Protect Jobs.
For the last three years, the Federal Reserve has been fighting to bring inflation down. Now it has boldly moved to protect ...
syracuse.com14h
Fed signals end to inflation fight with a sizable half-point rate cut
Inflation has tumbled from a peak of 9.1% in mid-2022 to a three-year low of 2.5% in August, not far above the Fed’s 2% ...
Fed Officials Forecast Higher Unemployment, Lower Inflation Than Three Months Ago
Federal Reserve officials signaled that unemployment might climb slightly higher by the end of the year. In their quarterly ...
Fed Officials See Cooler Inflation Ahead This Year
Federal Reserve officials believe that inflation will cool faster than previously expected this year. In the summary of ...
Biden blasts Trump’s calls for reducing Fed’s independence, warning of potential for ‘enormous damage’ to economy
In a speech Thursday following the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut, President Joe Biden talked up the importance of the U ...
The San Bernardino Sun1d
Is inflation cured? Fed’s giant rate cut turns focus to cooling job market
You might recall that in March 2022, the Fed began a battle against four-decades-high inflation with pricier financing.
WBUR5h
Warren advocates for a bigger Fed rate cut, even as Wall Street cheers
Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced a half percent cut to benchmark interest rates on Wednesday — the first cut since March ...
Paul Krugman: ‘We Beat Inflation.’ Here’s What the Fed Should Do Now.
Paul Krugman: I’m Paul Krugman. I’m an opinion writer for The New York Times, also a professor at the City University of New ...