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Fed holds interest rates steady, Chair Powell says Fed independence 'very important'

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump made an unusual visit to ...

Pressure mounts on Jerome Powell as economist Mohamed El-Erian adds his voice to calls for the Fed chair to step down

Amid this pressure, Mohamed El-Erian is calling on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to call it quits — becoming one of the ...

Editorial: The Fed was right to say no on interest rates

For the moment, demand is adequate and unemployment is low. This makes the White House’s view — that tight money is ...

Fed Decides Against Interest Rate Cut—But Powell Faces First Double Dissent In Decades

Bank of America indicated in a note that Powell would be in “no hurry” to cut rates in June, though disagreements among Fed ...

Powell Cites Inflation Risk as Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said interest rates are in the right place to manage continued uncertainty around tariffs ...

The Fed’s foolish interest rate policy is stopping America’s economy from booming

Federal Reserve keeps interest rates high despite rise in unemployment and economic concerns. Decision unnecessarily ...

Fed keeps rates unchanged — but two vote against Powell’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach

The central bank’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee maintained the benchmark rate between 4.25% and 4.5%, where ...

Powell says Fed does not consider government interest rate costs in policy debate

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said there is no place for the central bank to consider government ...

Labor department’s data upset may have sealed the deal for a Fed interest rate cut

Until Friday, analysts had little confidence that the U.S. Federal Reserve was about to deliver an interest rate cut, but ...

Mortgage Interest Rates Today: Mortgage Rates Dip Slightly Even as Fed Holds Steady on Cuts

The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans registered 6.72% for the week ending July 31, down slightly from 6.74% last week ...