Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell would be forgiven for thinking he was handed a third dimension to the central bank’s dual mandate of ensuring full employment with price stability.

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Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday penciled in slightly steeper interest rate cuts this year and next, but there was a wide array of responses in the so-called dot plot, signaling uncertainty ...

The Federal Reserve marked down its 2025 interest rate outlook while keeping the following year's projection steady, with a softening labor market outweighing concerns about inflation re-accelerating, ...

It’s almost certainly the most closely scrutinized scatter chart in financial markets. Every three months since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has sent analysts scurrying by updating its “dot plot, ...

Municipals and U.S. Treasuries were little changed after the Federal Reserve held rates steady, while equities ended mixed. The Federal Open Market Committee's decision to "hold rates steady while ...

Powell said Trump’s tariffs will raise prices for US consumers as businesses pass on the costs. The Fed held interest rates steady at 4.25% to 4.5% and still expects two cuts this year. Short-term ...

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, as policymakers weigh softening inflation and steady employment against a backdrop of escalating geopolitical ...

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