Fed announces rate cut
The Fed’s Rate Cut: A ‘Soft Landing’ – Or ‘Fake News’?
The rate cut is about repairing the Fed’s damaged credibility. “Going big” with 50 basis points is a psychological gambit, to convey decisiveness and self-confidence.
Fed Is Aligned on Rate Cuts, but Upcoming Data Will Shape the Pace
In a surprising shift of emphasis, Fed Governor Christopher Waller, a key voice in the central bank's two-year inflation battle, noted last week that over a three- or four-month time frame inflation was now running below target and could slip even lower if shelter cost increases slow as anticipated.
Cooling Prices Clears Way For More Fed Rates Cuts
The latest personal consumption expenditures price index figures boost the chances of the Fed cutting rates over the coming months.
Latest inflation data could boost case for more big Fed rate cuts
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Slowing inflation in August buttressed arguments Federal Reserve officials used in defense of their decision to lower interest rates by half of a percentage point last week and prompted traders to bet the U.
After ‘Jumbo’ Rate Cut, This Fed Official is Pumping The Brakes on Expectations
Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman said investors may anticipate more interest rate cuts than the central bank could need to make.
Why Fed rate cuts may juice the stock market and your 401(k)
The Fed's interest rate cuts should continue to fuel the stock market as long as the economy avoids recession, experts say. But stocks are overvalued.
Fed Interest Rate Cuts Ease Clean Energy Headwinds
Lower interest rates will help improve the economics of capital-intensive renewable energy projects, bringing more clean energy online faster.
Despite a Fed Rate Cut, the Top Savings Accounts Are Holding Their Ground
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a sizable half percentage point last week. But the top savings account rate in the country is holding its ground.
Fed Looks to Jobs Data to Set Pace of Future Rate Cuts
The looming question of how large subsequent rate cuts is far from decided as Fed governors prepare for their October meeting.
Fed-Funds Futures Favor a Larger Cut in November, but Barely
Will the Federal Reserve opt for another half-point cut in November? Traders now see the chances of another larger cut as slightly better than a coin flip. Fed-funds futures see a 54.1% chance of a half-point cut when the Federal Open Market Committee meets in early November,
Central banks started cutting interest rates months before the Fed
The Fed finally cut interest rates last week, joining a global party consisting of several banks across the world.
How the Fed's Rate Cuts Could Shave Millions in Stablecoin Issuer Income
Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve's recent decision to cut interest rates will lead to lower revenue for stablecoin issuers, ...
Traders bet on second straight 50 bps Fed rate cut in November
Traders added slightly to bets the Federal Reserve will deliver a second 50-basis-point interest rate cut in November after a ...
What does the Fed interest rate cut mean for home buyers, sellers in Appleton, Green Bay?
The current 15- and 30-year fixed mortgage rates have dropped to 5.15% and 6.09%, respectively, according to a weekly Freddie ...
Investors should still keep emergency funds liquid after the Fed's interest rate cut, advisor says
Despite falling rates, investors should still keep emergency funds "liquid," meaning the cash can be easily accessed, ...
Fed's bumper rate cut revives 'reflation specter' in US bond market
The Federal Reserve's aggressive start of the easing cycle has rekindled inflation worries in the U.S. bond market, as some ...