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If Fed Cuts Result In Inflation, Then Chair Powell Has Nothing To Fear
The Fed can’t decree credit easy or tight, and it can’t because there’s no credit by decree in the first place. Credit is ...
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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, ...
Inflation creeps higher in May and dims chances of the Fed cutting interest rates soon
The cost of living rose slowly in May for the third month in a row, but the rate of inflation is probably still too high for ...
Core inflation rate rose to 2.7% in May, more than expected, Fed's preferred gauge shows
The PCE price index was projected to rise 0.1% in May, with the annual inflation rate at 2.3%, according to the Dow Jones ...
Fed's Targeted Inflation Gauge Shows Little Tariff Impact
The Federal Reserve's targeted inflation measure ticked slightly higher in May, but the numbers didn't show a big ...
Hassett: Inflation Is Lowest It's Been In 4 Years. If The Fed Were Data Driven, They Would Be Lowering Interest Rates
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett told "Special Report" host Bret Baier he has "high confidence" ...
The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Was Slightly Hotter in May, as Spending Cooled
Most economists and policymakers are bracing for price pressures to intensify this summer because of President Trump’s tariffs.
Fed's preferred inflation gauge heats up a tick in May, consumer spending, income fall
M/M vs. +0.1% consensus and +0.1% prior (unrevised), according to data released by the Commerce Department's Bureau of ...
Fed's Barkin Says Tariffs Will Start Pushing up Inflation
While most Fed officials are in a wait-and-see mode and Fed Chair Jerome Powell reiterated that message this week in ...
Fed's favored inflation gauge shows consumer prices ticked slightly higher in May
The Commerce Department released the PCE inflation report for May which found the Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge ticked slightly higher to 2.3%.