Stock-market rally built on hopes for more big Fed rate cuts faces crucial test
Stock-market investors got what they wanted when the Federal Reserve delivered an extra-large September rate cut — the risk now is that strong jobs data in the week ahead could be too much of a good thing.
Another big Fed interest rate cut coming? One economist says yes
Plus the week included a stop in Detroit by Lael Brainard, the director of the National Economic Council, who spoke to the Detroit Economic Club.
Latest inflation data could boost case for more big Fed rate cuts
Slowing inflation in August buttressed arguments Federal Reserve officials used in defense of their decision to lower interest rates by half of a percentage point last week and prompted traders to bet the U.
The Fed surprised many investors with a jumbo rate cut this week. It won’t get much easier to predict the next move
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is known for providing clear signals about the central bank’s next interest rate move in order to avoid roiling markets. But Wall Street was mostly clueless this week when it came to predicting how big a rate cut the Fed would deliver on Wednesday.
Fed Announces Big Rate Cut
We concluded that this was the right thing for the economy and the people we serve,” the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, said, referring to the central bank’s decision to cut interest rates by half a point.
New PCE reading supports case for smaller Fed rate cut in November
A fresh reading on inflation Friday keeps the Federal Reserve on track to continue cutting interest rates this fall — likely in 25 basis point increments.
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