He sees the Fed only needing to approve a single quarter-point rate cut late in 2025, based on his view that economic growth will fall to perhaps 1.1% this year and inflation returning to nearly 3 ...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday reiterated the U.S. central bank plans to "wait and learn more" about the impact of tariffs on inflation before lowering interest rates, again ...

The Fed cut its short-term policy rate by 100 basis points in 2024, but it has been on hold since January, keeping it in a 4.25% to 4.5% range while waiting for tariff uncertainty to clear up.

But economists disagree about how much of the market downturn so far this year has come in anticipation of further hikes from the Fed. Since many investors already expected rate hikes like the 0. ...

That's according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool, which as of June 18, 2025, shows a likelihood of 99.9% that the Fed will keep the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said tariff concerns delayed interest rate cuts, stating the central bank would have likely reduced rates this year if not for potential consumer price hikes.

MORE: Fed rate hikes haven't curbed inflation much. These policies would work instead, economists say. Those job losses will disproportionately fall on some of the most vulnerable workers, ...

Fed day is here and there's a 0% chance of a rate cut.  That's been the case for just over a month due a combination of April's jobs report and the stock market recovery in May (or the ...

He sees the Fed only needing to approve a single quarter-point rate cut late in 2025, based on his view that economic growth will fall to perhaps 1.1% this year and inflation returning to nearly 3 ...