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Mortgage Rates and Inflation Could Draw Attention to the Fed This Election

The Federal Reserve is poised to cut rates in 2024 while moving away from balance sheet shrinking. Yet a key…

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Fed Minutes Showed Officials Feeling Better About Inflation

Central bankers wanted to signal that interest rates were likely at or near their peak while keeping their options open,…

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Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Eased in November

A key inflation index has been cooling as prices rise less rapidly, good news for policymakers and consumers.

Business

Is Jerome Powell’s Fed Pulling Off a Soft Landing?

It’s too soon to declare victory, but the economic outlook seems sunnier than it did a year ago, and many…

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What to Watch at the Fed’s Final Meeting of 2023

Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged, but economists will watch for hints at what’s next.

Business

Fed Officials Hint That Rate Increases Are Over, and Investors Celebrate

Stocks and bonds were buoyed after even inflation-focused Federal Reserve officials suggested that rates may stay steady.

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Fed Officials Thought Rates Could Rise More if Inflation Stayed Stubborn

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s early November meeting suggested another rate increase remained possible, but officials were in no hurry.

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Fed Officials Thought Rates Could Rise More if Inflation Stayed Stubborn

Minutes from the Federal Reserve's early November meeting suggested another rate increase remained possible, but officials were in no hurry.

Business

Inflation Held Steady in September, While Consumers Spent Robustly

Overall inflation stayed at 3.4 percent in September, down from a peak of around 7 percent.

World

Soft Landing, Here We Come?

Until quite recently there was a near consensus among forecasters that the U.S. economy was headed for a recession. In…

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