“We think the risk is growing that the first cut is 50 basis points,” said Nancy Vanden Houten, lead U.S. economist at Oxford Economics. Oxford Economics still forecasts a single rate cut of ...

Declining inflation also gives the Fed room to reduce interest rates, which should support the labor market. Layoffs remain low and are likely to stay that way.

Mark Gregory, visiting professor of business economics at Staffordshire University, reacts to the Bank of England cutting interest rates, why they made this decision and what impact this will have ...

If the economy is too hot, rates are presumably below neutral; if too cold, they must be above neutral. As a practical target for central bankers, post-hoc derivations of r-star are not much use.

Entering this new phase in the monetary policy cycle, our economics team expects this rate to fall to the 4.25%–4.50% range by the end of 2024, 3.00%–3.25% by the end of 2025, and 2.00%–2.25 ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — The Federal Reserve is set to announce its decision on interest rates on Wednesday, following a meeting on Tuesday where officials are grappling with the challenge of ...

So, like a school of piranhas, banks would pick interest rates down to the bone. That would keep rates for the rest of the economy far below what the Fed considers healthy.

The Federal Reserve will hold its first policy meeting of the year on Jan. 28 and 29, where it is widely expected to keep interest rates right where they are after cutting three times since September.

In September, the median dot forecasted the fed funds rate down from 4.4% in 2024 to 3.4% by the end of 2025, suggesting 100 basis points of cuts over the next year. But if the December update ...

ATLANTA, Ga. — A metro Atlanta economics professor is weighing in on the Federal Reserve’s decision to retain its benchmark interest rate for the fourth consecutive time.