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FOMC
Fed Sets Cautious Tone as Economic Momentum Slows
WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve said on Jan. 27 that the U.S. economy is a long way from recovery as the resurgence in COVID-19 cases has weighed on economic activity and the ...
January 27, 2021
BY
Emel Akan
Fed Holds Interest Rates Near Zero as Outlook Remains ‘Highly Uncertain’
WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve announced on Nov. 5 that it would keep U.S. interest rates near zero as the ongoing ...
November 5, 2020
BY
Emel Akan
Fed Holds Interest Rates Near Zero, Sees No Rate Increases for Years
WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve announced on Sept. 16 that it will keep U.S. interest rates near zero until it ...
September 16, 2020
BY
Emel Akan
Powell Says Fed and Congress May ‘Need to Do More’ to Prevent Long-Run Economic Damage
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell expressed concern about whether America's central bank and government were doing enough to ...
June 10, 2020
BY
Tom Ozimek
Fed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged Amid Concern for Below-Target Inflation
The Federal Reserve's interest rate-setting body decided Wednesday to keep the benchmark Federal Funds target rate unchanged within ...
January 29, 2020
BY
Tom Ozimek
‘Steady as She Goes:’ Experts Expect No Rate Cuts from Fed as FOMC Meets This Week
The Federal Reserve's monetary policy-setting body meets this week to take the pulse of the U.S. economy and ...
January 28, 2020
BY
Tom Ozimek
Fed Signals Further Rate Increases Amid Strong Economy
WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve said it would leave key policy rates unchanged, but signaled further gradual rate increases ahead, ...
November 8, 2018
BY
Emel Akan
Fed Raises Key Rate, Unveils Plan to Reduce Bond Holdings
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate for the third time in six months, providing its ...
June 14, 2017
BY
The Associated Press
Protectionism Would Slow Pace of US Fed Rate Hikes, Say Economists
It’s likely still early days as far as the U.S. Federal Reserve is concerned for protectionism being a ...
May 3, 2017
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Weak Business Investment, Lower Neutral Rate Impacting Each Other
Describing business investment as "soft" has become a fixture of Federal Reserve statements for over a year now. ...
September 22, 2016
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
The Fed’s Inflation Problem
A pick-up in inflation is the single most important improvement the Fed needs to raise interest rates.
July 27, 2016
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
‘Scared’ Fed Slashes Interest Rate Outlook
The Fed sees rates rising eventually, although they won’t rise as fast or as high as previously thought.
June 15, 2016
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Swayed by Global Threats, Fed’s Uncertainty Not Good for Canada
A very cautious Fed is more confident about the economy, but global headwinds are raising uncertainty about rate ...
March 16, 2016
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
US Consumer to Help Economy Stave Off Recession Threat
“Labour market conditions improved further even as economic growth slowed late last year,” said the Federal Open Market ...
January 27, 2016
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Fed Raises Chances of December Rate Hike
The Fed reminded financial markets that a rate hike in December is very much a possibility.
October 28, 2015
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
The Federal Reserve Is Losing Credibility by Not Raising Rates Now
So the results are in: the Federal reserve decided to keep interest rates at around zero, delaying any ...
September 21, 2015
BY
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy
Why the Fed Is No Longer Center of the Financial Universe
Markets have been speculating for months about whether the U.S. Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in September.
September 18, 2015
BY
Tomas Hult
Fed Doesn’t Tip Hand on September Rate Hike
The Fed left rates unchanged at 0 to 0.25 percent, as nearly everybody expected, but is keeping its ...
July 29, 2015
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Fed Keen on Raising Rates, Albeit Slowly
The Fed has seen some progress in the U.S. economy, but wants to see some more before raising ...
June 17, 2015
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Fed Downgrades Assessment of US Economy
The Fed is singing a similar tune to the Bank of Canada in that first-quarter economic growth slowed, ...
April 29, 2015
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Fed No Longer Patient on Rate Hikes, Downgrades Economy
A dovish Federal Reserve downgraded its assessment of the U.S. economy on March 18, but signalled that it ...
March 18, 2015
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Fed’s ‘Patient’ Language Not a Policy Change
The Fed won’t start raising rates for at least the next couple of meetings depending on how economic ...
December 17, 2014
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Fed Upgrades Labor Market, Ends QE
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ended its quantitative easing (QE) program and upgraded its outlook on the ...
October 29, 2014
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
Fed Keeps Rates Low as Economy Still Needs Time to Heal
The statement released by the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday reflected few changes from July’s statement.
September 17, 2014
BY
Rahul Vaidyanath
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