Solid January Jobs Will Likely Keep Fed Interest Rate Cuts On Hold
The January jobs report revealed a drop in the unemployment rate to 4%, accompanied by payroll gains of 143,000. A Fed ...
Traders now see just one Fed rate cut this year
Traders of short-term interest-rate futures on Friday now expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates just one time this ...
Jobs report surprise could upend Fed rate cut bets in coming months
The U.S. economy added a smaller-than-expected tally of new jobs last month, but a sharp jump in wage growth and revisions ...
Dallas Fed's Logan signals rate cuts require US labor market cooling
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Thursday signaled she was ready to keep interest rates on hold for ...
Why the labor market could be the only hope for another Fed rate cut
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears confident in the US labor market. But that means any signs of a slowdown could ...
Bernie Sanders And Josh Hawley Will Be Mugged By Interest Rate Reality
Despite what Fed officials, economists, and their media enablers tell you, there’s no such thing as costless credit. This is ...
Trump: Fed's interest rate pause was 'the right thing to do'
President Trump said Sunday night that the Federal Reserve was right to keep interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting ...
Fed's Kugler says labor market healthy, inflation elevated
A Labor Department report showing the unemployment rate edged down to 4% last month and employers adding 143,000 jobs is ...
Traders Rush to Safety in Loan ETFs Again on Interest-Rate Pain
Investors plowed record cash into a pair of leveraged loan ETFs last week, in a high-conviction bet that the Federal Reserve ...
US dollar rises in volatile trade as jobs data delays Fed rate cuts
The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency against the yen, sterling and other peers, rose to as high as 108.02. It ...
Trump is focused on lowering bond yields, not fighting the Fed, Treasury chief says
The Trump administration isn't looking to clash with the Federal Reserve over interest rates, Treasury Secretary Scott ...
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Fed Pauses Interest Rate Cuts—Signaling 'Patient Approach' and Giving Homebuyers Consistency Leading Into Spring Selling Season
The Fed sets short-term interest rates, but does not directly control mortgage ... mortgage rates have risen by nearly a percentage point since the Fed began cutting its policy rate in September, ...