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Federal Reserve holds key interest rate steady for fifth straight meeting despite Trump's pressure

The Fed left its benchmark interest rate unchanged following its July policy meeting amid uncertainty over the impact of ...

Weak Jobs Report Raises Chances of a September Interest Rate Cut

The Federal Reserve held rates steady in July but two governors dissented, saying they had concerns about labor market ...

Here’s what investors will look for in Fed messaging on interest-rate policy

With the market widely expecting the Federal Reserve will decide Wednesday to keep interest rates steady, investors will be ...

Is credit card debt forgiveness still worth it with interest rates paused?

Fed rates stayed put in July, but does that change the route you should take to deal with your credit card debt?

Weakening US jobs market bolsters dissenting Fed officials' position

Two Federal Reserve governors who favored an interest rate cut at the U.S. central bank's policy meeting this week said on ...

The two Fed dissenters say worries about labor market led them to push for lower rates

If you look at the labor market, what you see is, by many, many statistics, the labor market is kind of still in balance,” ...

Trump urgently wants Jerome Powell to cut interest rates. That won't happen this week, economists say.

President Trump has pressured Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. Here's what the experts think will happen at ...