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 the widespread uncertainty caused by the tariff policy, Powell said the Fed decided the "prudent thing to do is to wait." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 says, a stance directly at odds with ...

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 ...

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 ...