Fed Minutes Signal More Caution on Cuts

Fed Minutes Signal More Caution on Cuts if Inflation Progress Stalls
Federal Reserve officials discussed potentially slowing down or pausing interest-rate cuts if progress on lowering inflation stalled out when they met earlier this month. Officials thought that if the economy performed in line with their expectations that inflation would continue to decline steadily,
Federal Reserve Officials Signal Cautious Path for Rate Cuts Amid Still-High Inflation
With inflation still elevated, Federal Reserve officials expressed caution at their last meeting about cutting interest rates too quickly, adding to uncertainty about their next moves
Fed Policymakers Remained Confident About Decline in Inflation, FOMC Minutes Show
Several policymakers said they were less worried about an economic slowdown than they had been in September, when the Fed kicked off its rate-cutting cycle.
Fed's preferred inflation gauge expected to stall again in October
October's increase in the core PCE (personal consumption expenditure) price index is expected to hang out at +0.3% month-over-month, the same as in September, according to economists' consensus. It highlights the difficulty in wringing the last bit of disinflation out of the current inflation rate to bring it down to the Federal Reserve's 2% goal.
Fed's Key Inflation Measure Likely Stayed Above-Target In October
Key Takeaways Inflation as measured by Personal Consumption Expenditures likely reaccelerated in October, according to forecasts of the report due Wednesday.Housing has kept overall inflation elevated even though other things have fallen back to pre-pandemic inflation rates.
The Fed Has Cut Rates Twice. Its Minutes Could Show If a Pause Is Ahead.
The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s Nov. 6-7 meeting will be published at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Fed’s ‘bumpy’ road to low inflation seen getting another jolt from PCE price gauge
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge is likely to show a sharper increase in prices in October for the second ...
Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Waver, Bond Yields Fall Ahead of PCE Inflation Report
The Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge is due this morning ...
Stock futures are little changed as Wall Street awaits Fed's preferred inflation reading: Live updates
U.S. stock futures opened little changed on Tuesday night as traders await the release of the Federal Reserve's favorite ...
Dow Jones Today: Stock Futures Little Changed Ahead of Key Inflation Data as Market Looks to Add to Record Highs
Stock futures were little changed Wednesday ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, as ...
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Economists See Stubborn Inflation, Gradual Fed Rate-Cut Tempo
Economists see the Federal Reserve taking a more measured approach to interest-rate cuts next year amid stubborn inflation ...
Fed survey finds inflation fading as a risk next to debt, trade wars
President-elect Donald Trump may have campaigned hard against high inflation, but by the time of his Nov. 5 election victory ...
The irony of inflation politics (or why Trump should be nice to Fed Chair Powell)
Only in the crazy, confused world of Washington politics could the Democrats be pointing their fingers of blame at anyone but ...
Fed's preferred inflation gauge highlights holiday-shortened trading week: What to know this week
Investors will be closely watching a fresh reading on inflation for clues on the Fed's interest rate-cutting path.
Fed Governors Put Out Opposing Views of Inflation Risk
Two speeches show concerns about inflation as the Fed decides on another quarter-percentage-point rate reduction.
Fed governors stake out competing views of inflation risk
Two Federal Reserve governors on Wednesday laid out competing visions of where U.S. monetary policy may be heading, with one ...
American consumers say they're struggling. Tariffs will make inflation much worse.
Donald Trump campaigned on a promise of taming inflation but the tariffs he announced Monday will likely stoke it even before ...