Fed May Struggle to ‘Look Through’ Tariff Inflation
If monthly inflation numbers continue to show stubborn price increases, it might be difficult for the Federal Reserve to ...
Is Inflation Finally Cooling Again? The Fed's Favorite Gauge Says So
Inflation rose 2.5% over the year in January compared to 2.6% in December, marking the first decrease in four months.
Federal Reserve sees tariffs raising inflation this year, keeps key rate unchanged
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates ...
Muddled inflation expectations no help for Fed
Keeping inflation expectations under control is arguably a central bank's most important job. But it is also one of the most ...
Fed Holds Rates Steady and Predicts Higher Inflation, Slower Growth Ahead
The central bank penciled in two rate cuts for 2025, but President Trump’s sweeping agenda has injected “remarkably high” ...
Citing Tariffs and Uncertainty, Fed Sees Higher Inflation and Lower Growth
Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, said that “further progress may be delayed” on inflation because of tariffs. Officials kept ...
Fed Sharply Reduces 2025 Growth Projection, Marks Up Inflation
In its latest quarterly economic projections, the Fed lowered its growth outlook for 2024 and 2025, forecasting a slower ...
Fed sees higher inflation and slower U.S. economy due to uncertainty tied to Trump tariffs
Uncertainty spawned by President Donald Trump’s tariffs prodded the Federal Reserve to predict a slower economy and higher ...
Tariffs to delay inflation progress, too soon to gauge impact, Fed's Powell says
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's tariff increases would delay ...
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Why the ‘war on inflation’ is over — even though the ‘experts’ don’t get it
Didn’t think so. Winning the inflation war was never about lowering prices, but rather slowing their advance. Last November, I detailed the reasons the Federal Reserve wants 2% ongoing annual ...
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Inflation cooled more than expected in February
It's a reversal after four consecutive months of inflation heating up and is a step toward the Fed's target. "The path to sustainably returning inflation to our target has been bumpy, and we ...
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Fed official: Banking system generally healthy, inflation battle on track
Also at the conference, Michelle Bowman, one of the governors of the Federal Reserve Board, predicted inflation will slowly ease later this year, though progress might be “bumpy and uneven ...