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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is getting a meaningful decline in inflation, but that is making it harder for Fed officials to dissuade investors about an imminent rate-cutting cycle.

As victory celebrations go, the Federal Reserves announcement of a quarter point interest rate cut in July of 1995 was hardly ostentatious. As a result of the monetary tightening...

"The primary risk that could knock us off course is a Federal Reserve that remains fixated on inflation fears."

“The primary risk that could knock us off course is a Federal Reserve that remains fixated on inflation fears.”

In pursuing a hawkish monetary policy stance to regain inflation control, the Powell Fed seems desperate not to be judged by history as having been overly tolerant of inflation.

Asia is breathing easy amid the widespread belief the Federal Reserve is done tightening. But not so fast, warn economists at Deutsche Bank.

Denton’s real estate market continues to grapple with the hangover of COVID-era stimulus that pulled forward demand and distorted the normal function of the economy. Closed sales in the city

Gold has been stuck near $2,000 since 2020, and goldbugs might need to wait for another bullish catalyst.

The Fed chair wants to stay out of sight during the potential Biden-Trump presidential contest, but the economy might not cooperate.

"Progress on inflation has stalled since the summer, and we are not seeing labor market slack,” says Clarida.