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Trump Pushes Fed To Slash Interest Rates To 1%, Sparking Inflation Fears
The current federal funds rate sits at 5.25–5.50%, held steady by the Fed to combat inflation and avoid overheating the ...
Why Trump's push for a 1% Fed policy rate could spell trouble for US economy
A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the U.S. is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as ...
Fed's Hammack sees no urgent reason to lower rates - Fox Business
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said on Monday she sees no imminent ...
Fed paper says risk of falling back to near zero rates still in play
The prospect of the Federal Reserve once again setting its short-term interest rate target at near zero levels at some point ...
Trump calls on Fed to cut rate by 'at least' 3 percentage points
President Donald Trump vented his frustration with Jerome Powell once again on Wednesday, accusing the Federal Reserve chair ...
Fed-funds futures point to September rate cut as traders weigh Fed meeting minutes
The federal-funds-futures market continued to see a high probability that the Federal Reserve will keep its benchmark interest rate at the current level in July, as traders weighed the freshly ...
Analysis-A slew of T-bills coming? Money market funds say 'bring 'em on'
More than $1 trillion in U.S. short-term bills are expected to flood the market over the next 1-1/2 years following the ...
Next Fed leader may struggle to deliver the rate cuts Trump wants, watchers say
Some investors have staked out positions in futures markets that will profit if interest rates drop immediately after Jerome ...
Fed Study Finds 9% Chance of Rates Hitting Zero in Medium Term
The Federal Reserve can’t assume its benchmark lending rate won’t return to zero at some point in the future, according to ...