Powell’s reluctance to delve too deeply into a rate-cut roadmap is understandable. His Fed failed to raise rates soon enough to head off the COVID-related inflation surge in 2021.

Powell says Fed can wait to reduce interest rates as Trump demands cuts The Federal Reserve will continue to wait and see how the economy evolves before deciding whether to reduce its key interest ...

After hiking its key interest rate to a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.5% in 2022 and 2023 to tame a pandemic-induced inflation surge, the Fed cut the rate by a total percentage point at three ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that the central bank isn't in a hurry to cut interest rates further. During a speech in Dallas, Powell said that inflation is getting closer ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will continue to wait and see how the economy evolves before deciding whether to reduce its key interest rate, Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, a stance ...

Yet Powell said Tuesday a 4% unemployment rate “is still a really low level.” From March 2022 to July 2023, the Fed hiked its key interest rate from near zero to a range of 5.25% to 5% – a ...

President Donald Trump, who made a television career out of saying “You’re fired!” to people, wants to say those words to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. On Wednesday, White House officials told media outlets that Trump would likely fire Powell “soon,

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said that accurate economic forecasts are a challenge because key shifts are apparent only in hindsight, citing tariffs and trade uncertainty, worsening geopolitical conditions, high fiscal deficits and elevated asset prices, Reuters reported June 15.