Interest Rates
Here are the five key takeaways from this week’s Fed meeting
Key Points Federal Reserve policymakers kept their key interest rate at a range of 3.5% to 3.75% at the conclusion of their March meeting. At his press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell faced questions about the oil price shock since the Iran war. The Fed’s dot plot suggests a rate cut could be in the […]
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Analysis: The Fed’s Powell just delivered a new blow to Warsh’s plans for swift rate cuts
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh wants to lower interest rates. Fed officials signaled Wednesday that it […]
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Fed votes to hold rates steady, notes ‘uncertain’ impacts from Iran war
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to hold its key interest rate steady as policymakers navigate their way through higher-than-expected inflation readings, mixed signs on the labor market – and a war. In a widely expected decision, the Federal Open Market Committee voted 11-1 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate anchored in […]
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Expectations for the next Fed rate cut get pushed back after hot inflation report
Construction work continues at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, on Dec. 30, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images A hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation reading for February had traders contemplating the possibility that the Federal Reserve won’t be lowering interest rates at all this year. Following a Bureau of Labor […]
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The Fed issues its latest interest rate decision Wednesday. Here’s what to expect
Key Points Markets are pricing in a near-zero chance that the Federal Reserve will be cutting interest rates at this meeting — or any other in the near future. Updates to economic and rate projections also aren’t expected to show anything dramatic when the decision is released Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET. On top of […]
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Judge blocks subpoenas in criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on October 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images A federal judge has blocked subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve as part of a criminal […]
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Markets hopes for Fed interest rate cuts are rapidly fading away
Key Points As both energy prices and inflation fears pop, expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts are sliding. Traders have taken even a September cut off the table and now see only one coming, in December. There are no additional cuts priced in until well into 2027 or even into the early part of […]
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Fed chair pick Kevin Warsh meets with more senators as Thom Tillis blockade continues
Federal Reserve chairman nominee Kevin Warsh’s chances of getting quickly confirmed by the Senate looked as gloomy as the weather in Washington on Thursday as he met with more senators in a bid to bolster his chances. “It doesn’t look like such a nice day today,” Warsh quipped to a CNBC reporter in the Hart […]
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Thom Tillis refuses to budge on blocking Fed chair pick Kevin Warsh confirmation
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol during votes on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images There is nothing that Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh can say to get Sen. Thom Tillis to end his blockade on Warsh’s confirmation, the North Carolina Republican […]
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Fed Governor Miran says job losses in February add to the case for more interest rate cuts
Key Points Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran said in a CNBC interview on Friday that the weak February jobs report bolsters the rationale for the central bank to lower interest rates further. If Miran had his way, the rate would be around neutral, which he deems to be about a full percentage point lower. Source
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