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Q&A: Inflation Has Cooled. So Why Isn’t the Fed Cutting Rates?
Officials at the Federal Reserve are on track to extend their wait-and-see posture on Wednesday. Our Nick Timiraos explains ...
Why the Fed Isn’t Cutting Rates Despite Cool Inflation
Central-bank officials, who meet this week, are in a holding pattern as they wait to see what worsens first: inflation or the ...
Inflation below projections could open up policy space, India cenbank chief tells Business Standard
Inflation below the central bank's current projections could open up policy space, India's central bank chief Sanjay Malhotra ...
Inflation error fuels concern about UK economic data
The issues add to a steady drip of wider problems in UK official statistics that is leading to a reduction of faith in the ...
Nigeria's consumer inflation falls for a second month in May
Nigeria's headline inflation rate fell slightly for the second month in May, to 22.97% year-on-year from 23.71% in April, ...
A Goldilocks Inflation Moment, Tariffs And All
Despite high inflation expectations, price pressures have steadily cooled, with May’s CPI at just 2.4%. This suggests public ...
‘Purgatory:' Fed officials left in limbo as tariffs complicate this week’s rate decision
The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst.
Will pressure from Trump and Vance spur Powell to cut interest rates?
Federal Reserve likely to keep interest rates unchanged for fourth straight meeting despite President Donald Trump and Vice ...
Get In Before It's Obvious: The Biggest Bull Market Of The Decade Could Already Be Underway
The markets are struggling. Read why I believe we may be in the early innings of a major, underappreciated commodity bull ...
The Social Security 2026 COLA Forecast Was Just Updated. There's Good News and Bad News for Retirees.
On that note, the lastest 2026 COLA forecast comes with good news and bad news. The good news is the forecast trended higher, ...
Inflation is bucking tariff fears, but the Fed likely won’t cut rates, as Trump wants. Here’s why
The U.S. economy has been full of surprises since the Federal Reserve started rapidly raising interest rates to quell ...
This is why a $15 federal minimum wage is getting love from some Republicans
Legislation to more than double the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 is back, but this time it’s not a liberal Democrat leading the charge but a conservative Republican – Josh Hawley of ...