The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point, the second reduction this year. A combination of strong data and ...

The Committee is strongly committed to supporting maximum employment and returning inflation to ... and dot-plot chart will ...

The ongoing decline in inflation suggests that the Fed is done hiking interest rates. Our Chart of the Day is from ING Economics, which shows that inflation is set to hit the Federal Reserve's ...

The Federal Reserve on Thursday made its second rate cut of this year, with the decision coming less than two months after ...

The Federal Reserve cut its key rate amid continued slow job growth. Chairman Jerome Powell discussed further cuts, but not ...

Michael Bordo and Mickey Levy document the 50-year history of the Shadow Open Market Committee and highlight the differences ...

The Federal Open Market Committee is meeting today, tomorrow, and again in December. After making a larger half-percent cut ...

Policymakers took note of a job market that has "generally eased" while inflation continues to move towards the U.S. central bank's 2% target.

Headline inflation numbers are a bit higher than the Fed's target ... latitude to lower short-term interest rates, and I expect another cut in November.Chart #1 Chart #1 looks at the headline ...

It has been mired around 40% ever since, with the scarring impact of subsequently high inflation still cited by voters as a ...

Last week’s inflation report did little to change the Federal Reserve’s easing cycle ... on why our central bank can’t cut interest rates. A couple of weeks ago the new government in ...

WASHINGTON—Federal Reserve officials are poised Thursday to reduce their key interest rate for a second straight time, responding to a steady slowdown of the inflation pressures that exasperated many ...