Interest Rate Debate Continues on December Cut The minutes of the Fed’s November meeting indicate the central bank’s policymakers haven’t decided on a rate cut next month. BY REUTERS

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President Donald Trump visited the Federal Reserve's headquarters to inspect a costly renovation project. His visit highlights escalating tension over monetary policy as the Fed readies for a crucial meeting.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has sketched out new conditions that could trigger rate cuts by summer’s end, but inflation remains a big question

While the Fed was practically guaranteed to cut rates at that Sept. 17-18 meeting, the size of the cut was up for debate. Ultimately, officials decided that the economy was flashing enough warning ...

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Federal Reserve officials say they are likely to keep reducing interest rates for now, and investors still expect them to do so at the U.S. central bank's Dec. 17-18 meeting. But how far they will ...

At least three Federal Reserve policymakers spoke out this week in favor of holding interest rates steady for the time being, in contrast to two who said they were open to the idea of cutting the fed funds rate in July,

As for investors, the best bet may be to look past the debate over the size of the interest-rate cut and focus on the fact that a rate-cut cycle is set to get under way - a backdrop that has been ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday almost certainly will lower interest rates for the first time in more than four years as the U.S ... With Fed's rate cut at hand, debate swirls over how big a ...

However, the market-implied odds of at least a 0.25 percentage point cut were firmly at 100%, meaning the first rate cut since March 2020 was all but certainty to come Wednesday. Chief Critics