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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. inflation report on Friday will tell if rate cut was a good idea
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talks with reporters following the regular Federal Open Market Committee meetings at the Fed on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The U.S. personal consumption expenditures price index for August comes out Friday. The Federal Reserve will hope the report shows headline inflation is either […]
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Global week ahead: There’s hope for Europe’s comeback
CNBC is on the road this week to assess if Europe’s economic recovery is intact. Source
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Miran says he doesn’t see tariffs causing inflation, putting him in minority on Fed committee
Key Points Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran told CNBC Friday that he doesn’t anticipate President Donald Trump’s tariffs will cause inflation. The governor also said that he believes Trump’s border policies will give rise to disinflation. Earlier this week, Miran dissented against the central bank cutting its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point. […]
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Japan’s Nikkei 225 erases gains to trade lower after BOJ keeps interest rate steady
People crossing the street in Shibuya, Tokyo. Maydays | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index pared gains to fall 0.57% Friday, after the Bank of Japan kept its policy rate steady at 0.5%, in line with the forecast from a Reuters poll of economists. The benchmark index had hit a fresh record […]
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Germany was billed as Europe’s growth driver. Now economists are saying: Not so fast
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addresses the Bundestag during a debate over the 2025 federal budget on September 17, 2025 in Berlin, Germany. Nadja Wohlleben | Getty Images News | Getty Images Huge investment pledges and major fiscal changes had bolstered hopes that Germany could give the euro zone economy a much-needed boost, but economists are […]
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Fed approves quarter-point interest rate cut and sees two more coming this year
watch now VIDEO2:2202:22 Fed lowers rates by a quarter point The Exchange WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved a widely anticipated rate cut and signaled that two more are on the way before the end of the year as concerns intensified over the U.S. labor market even as inflation is still in the […]
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Trump pick Stephen Miran confirmed to Federal Reserve Board; will also keep White House job
Stephen Miran, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, following a television interview outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Senate on Monday confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve, Stephen Miran, just one day before the central […]
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Fed forecasts only one rate cut in 2026, a more conservative outlook than expected
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talks to reporters following the regular Federal Open Market Committee meetings at the Fed on July 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is projecting only one rate cut in 2026, less than expected, according to its median projection. The central bank’s so-called dot […]
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Trump tariffs are fueling inflation, congressional budget chief says
Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel said Monday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs appear to have pushed inflation up higher than CBO analysts had initially expected. His views differ from those of Wall Street analysts, many of whom have been bracing for tariff-driven price hikes, but have yet to see them in materialize. Speaking on CNBC’s […]
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