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Powell says a March rate cut is not likely. But don’t overlook his other comments.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used his press conference Wednesday to throw cold water on market expectations that the Fed would begin to cut interest rates in March.

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Fed decision: Powell will keep door open for first interest rate cut in March

The biggest question going into the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week is what sort of smoke signals Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will send about the possibility of a rate cut at the central bank’s next meeting in ...

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Economic growth underlined by fourth-quarter GDP reinforces Fed’s cautious approach to rate cuts

The rapid economic growth rate seen in the last three months of 2023 reinforces the Federal Reserve’s cautious approach to easing monetary policy, some economists say.

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Inspector general clears two former regional Fed presidents in probe of pandemic trades

Two former Federal Reserve officials were cleared Monday by the central bank's internal watchdog of breaking any laws or rules in trading activity during the pandemic in 2020, but both were criticized for creating the appe...

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Goolsbee says it’s too soon to determine when Fed will cut interest rates

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Friday declined to say when he thinks the central bank will cut interest rates, but he said reductions could be expected this year "if we continue to make surprising pro...

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Fed’s Bostic makes case for first rate cut in July-September quarter

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Fed’s Waller sees interest-rate cuts this year, but nothing ‘rushed’

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Fed’s Mester says March is probably too early for rate cut

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Fed’s Williams says interest rates need to stay high ‘for some time’ to ensure inflation is tamed

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Fed’s Logan backs first slowing, then gradually ending, balance-sheet runoff

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Fed’s Logan won’t take possibility of another rate hike off the table ‘just yet’

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St. Louis Fed names Alberto G. Musalem new president. He brings lots of Wall Street experience.

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Interest-rate moves depend on data, and hikes can’t be ruled out, Fed’s Barkin says

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Fed won’t cut interest rates right away, Harker says

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Barkin says Fed makes ‘good progress’ on taming inflation, but too early to talk rate cuts

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Interest-rate cuts coming soon? Bah humbug, Fed officials say

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Top Fed officials says the Fed isn’t ‘really talking about cutting interest rates right now’

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Markets are declaring victory over inflation for Powell, and that has some economists worried

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Wall Street divided on how many Fed rate cuts there will be in 2024

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Powell surprises with a dovish turn; economists debate how many Fed rate cuts in 2024