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Powell Says Fed’s Close To Evidence Needed on Inflation to Cut Interest Rates: Eight months after raising interest rates to a two-decade high, Federal Reserve ...
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Powell Says Fed’s Close To Evidence Needed on Inflation to Cut Interest ...
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell plans told House lawmakers last week that interest rate cuts are likely "at some point" in 2024 ... Show more

Rate cuts likely at 'some point' this year: Fed's Powell
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Fed Rate Cut Latest: Slow Inflation Retreat to Bolster Powell’s Patience: Inflation in the US probably abated only gradually last month and retail sales ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-09/fed-rate-cut-latest-slow-inflation-retreat-to-bolster-powell-s-patience
Fed Rate Cut Latest: Slow Inflation Retreat to Bolster Powell’s Patience
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Powell Says Fed’s Close To Evidence Needed on Inflation to Cut Interest Rates: Eight months after raising interest rates to a two-decade high, Federal Reserve ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-10/powell-says-fed-s-close-to-evidence-needed-on-inflation-to-cut-interest-rates
Powell Says Fed’s Close To Evidence Needed on Inflation to Cut Interest ...
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Fed Rate Cut Latest: Slow Inflation Retreat to Bolster Powell’s Patience: Inflation in the US probably abated only gradually last month and retail sales ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-09/fed-rate-cut-latest-slow-inflation-retreat-to-bolster-powell-s-patience
Fed Rate Cut Latest: Slow Inflation Retreat to Bolster Powell’s Patience
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Powell: Fed needs ‘greater confidence’ before cutting rates: The Federal Reserve is not yet confident enough that inflation has been squashed to start cutting ...
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Powell: Fed needs ‘greater confidence’ before cutting rates
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The 3.5 Percent Inflation Plateau: Prices have been rising faster than expected for the past three months. What’s going on?
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The 3.5 Percent Inflation Plateau
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Stock Market This Week: S&P 500, Nasdaq Finish Higher: With inflation up, economic growth down and two-year Treasury yields testing 5%, Bill Gross sensed the ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-26/wall-street-humbled-as-rebounding-markets-weather-fed-pivot-fear
Stock Market This Week: S&P 500, Nasdaq Finish Higher
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U.S. economy grew at 1.6% annualized rate in first quarter: By comparison, GDP increased at 3.4% annual rate in the fourth quarter of 2023.
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U.S. economy grew at 1.6% annualized rate in first quarter
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Right-Wingers Plot to Give Trump Control Over Federal Reserve If Reelected: "Under such an approach, the chair would regularly seek Trump's views on ...
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Right-Wingers Plot to Give Trump Control Over Federal Reserve If Reelected
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Wall St loses over 1% amid fading rate-cut hopes: Wall Street stocks closed lower on Thursday as markets were stunned by data showing slower-than-expected U.S ...
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Wall St loses over 1% amid fading rate-cut hopes
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7% for the First Time This Year: Rates on 30-year mortgages — the most common kind among U.S. homeowners — surpassed the 7 percent ...
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump Above 7% for the First Time This Year
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Mortgage demand falls again as interest rates soar past 7%: A key measure of home-purchase application fell for the third straight week as mortgage interest ...
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Mortgage demand falls again as interest rates soar past 7%
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Biden's new take on inflation: Trump would be worse: Biden's team knows there's not a lot it can do to lower it before the Nov. 5 election.
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Biden's new take on inflation: Trump would be worse
Quick Glance: Biden's New Perspective on Inflation: Trump Would Be Worse
  • The White House warns that inflation would worsen if Trump is re-elected as a strategy to sway voters.

  • March's inflation increase surpassed expectations, undermining Biden's claim of lowering prices.

  • Rising oil prices due to geopolitical tensions could lead to higher gas prices, a concern for the White House.

  • Biden emphasizes fighting inflation as top priority while experts debate the impact of his economic stimulus packages.