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WATCH LIVE: Jerome Powell announces decision on interest rates

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has decided to keep interest rates steady again, drawing the ire of President Donald ...

Fed Decides Against Interest Rate Cut—But Powell Faces First Double Dissent In Decades

Bank of America indicated in a note that Powell would be in “no hurry” to cut rates in June, though disagreements among Fed ...

Fed holds interest rates steady, Chair Powell says Fed independence 'very important'

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump made an unusual visit to ...

Trump urgently wants Jerome Powell to cut interest rates. That won't happen today, economists say.

President Trump has pressured Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. Here's what the experts think will happen at ...

Weak Jobs Report Raises Chances of a September Interest Rate Cut

The Federal Reserve held rates steady in July but two governors dissented, saying they had concerns about labor market ...

Powell Cites Inflation Risk as Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates are in the right place to manage continued uncertainty around tariffs ...

Fed keeps rates unchanged — but two vote against Powell’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach

The central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee maintained the benchmark rate between 4.25% and 4.5%, where ...

Did the Fed cut interest rates Wednesday? No, but here's when they might

Interest rates for credit cards to mortgages have jumped since the Fed began fighting inflation in 2022. Here's where experts ...

Fed Won't Budge on Interest Rate Cut Despite Trump's Demand for Mortgage Relief

As was widely expected, Fed policymakers on Wednesday left the central bank's overnight rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to ...

Labor department’s data upset may have sealed the deal for a Fed interest rate cut

Until Friday, analysts had little confidence that the U.S. Federal Reserve was about to deliver an interest rate cut, but ...

Trump calls on Fed board to assume control if Powell refuses to lower interest rates again

President Donald Trump called on the board of the Federal Reserve to take control from Chairman Jerome Powell if interest ...