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In the Market-How the ghost of ‘transitory’ inflation is haunting the rate debate
A debate over inflation is once again turning on the question of whether any price rise from Trump's tariffs would be ...
Why won’t the Fed cut rates in July? Its favorite inflation gauge is telling it not to.
The inflation gauge the Federal Reserve relies on most to decide whether to raise or lower U.S. interest rates is likely to ...
Fed's rate-cut delay intact as inflation fears override Trump pressure
The case for a U.S. interest rate cut remains unresolved as Federal Reserve officials head into their policy meeting later ...
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Will the Fed be politically pressured to cut interest rates soon?
Even if Trump fails to remove Powell, he may still try to undermine the Fed chairman by announcing his replacement soon — way ...
Fed's inflation fears start to be realized with June CPI increase
Rising prices across an array of goods from coffee to audio equipment to home furnishings pulled inflation higher.
Treasury Secretary Bessent bashes Fed 'fear mongering' over tariffs and says central bank should be reviewed
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent weighed in on the latest Fed drama, pointing to the "fear-mongering" around tariffs and ...
Inflation accelerated in June as the Fed weighs the impact of tariffs in rate cut timing
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the consumer price index (CPI), a popular inflation gauge, increased in June to ...
Bernanke, Yellen: Trump’s Fed pressure could fuel inflation
Former Federal Reserve Chairs Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen condemned President Trump’s pressure campaign against its current ...
Bessent: The Trump administration should look into the Fed’s ‘many mistakes’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday he believes the Federal Reserve system should be reviewed for potentially ...
A weak housing market could deliver rate cuts and rescue the Fed from Trump
"Toward the end of the year, the housing market may become a bigger deal for inflation than tariffs," Comerica Bank chief ...
WSJ’s Take On the Week Podcast: Fed’s Goolsbee Talks Tariffs, Inflation and AI
Austan Goolsbee joined co-hosts Gunjan Banerji and Telis Demos to discuss the economy, inflation, tariffs, trade wars and the Federal Reserve's approach to monetary policy. The Chicago Fed president ...
Opinion
The Fed’s dilemma over tariff trade-offs
As the US considers another round of tariffs, the Federal Reserve needs to prepare for a scenario central banks dread: a world of difficult trade-offs for monetary policy. This is not the usual ...