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European Central Bank Cuts Rates as Trade War Weighs on the Economy

It was the eighth rate cut in the past year as officials try to steer Europe’s economy through “exceptional” uncertainty.

By Eshe Nelson

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U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data

The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system.

By Ben Casselman

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PCE Inflation Stayed Subdued in April Amid Trump’s Tariff Limbo

The Federal Reserve has put interest rate cuts on hold until it has more clarity about President Trump’s policies.

By Colby Smith

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Trump Meets With Powell After Months of Disparaging the Fed

Jerome H. Powell stressed in his first meeting since the president returned to the White House that policy decisions would be “based solely on careful, objective and nonpolitical analysis.”

By Colby Smith