TheStreet. There's been a lot of debate this year over the Federal Reserve's decision to leave interest rates unchanged.

The Phillips curve describes an inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation. Why does former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke say that there is “not a simple inverse relationship between ...

What defense does former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen provide for continuing to utilize the Phillips Curve framework to understand inflation? What rate does Yellen provide as the target rate for ...

The Fed holds rates steady amid market alignment. Explore insights on GDP growth, Fed projections, and why inflation targets ...

Worse, Continuing Unemployment Claims (those previously filing for unemployment benefits and continuing to do so) rose to 1.956 million (week of May 31 st) from 1.902 million the prior week.

In his May 2025 quarterly announcement, Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell warned of the rising risk of stagflation, a dreaded combination of high inflation and unemployment. Mainstream ...

Rather than multiple rate cuts in 2025, Fed officials may not cut at all. The futures market odds of a 25-basis-point cut at ...

A Federal Reserve Governor urged policymakers to complicate the relationship between inflation and unemployment in the 2025 Whittington Lecture at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public ...

All the data on inflation since Trump returned to office suggest that Jerome Powell is being too cautious in his approach to rate cuts.

Economists say mortgage rates could fall ahead of an expected Federal Reserve policy shift in September, bringing early ...

Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez It's commonly known that interest rates are indirectly related to unemployment. High interest rates can dampen economic activity and reduce employment, while low rates ...