A rate cut in the next few months could signal major problems in the economy.
Category: Inflation (Economics)
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Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as Iran war upends the economic outlook.
Most officials at the U.S. central bank still expect at least one quarter-point cut to interest rates this year.
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Trump Renews Demand for Rate Cuts as Fed Grapples With War in Iran
Oil prices are soaring, threatening a wider problem with inflation, but the president has insisted that borrowing costs must be lowered.
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What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s March Meeting
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to hold interest rates steady as officials assess the economic fallout from the war with Iran.
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Iran’s Hormuz Stranglehold Upends Markets and Geopolitics
Energy prices continued to climb around the world as war in the Middle East intensifies. That has scrambled President Trump’s foreign policy strategy.
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Why Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Problem Is Going Global
President Trump is getting little to no support so far for his call that other countries do their part to try to ease an energy crisis prompted by U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran.
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Surge in Oil Prices Shakes Pakistan’s Already Fragile Economy
Families preparing for Eid al-Fitr and farmers ready for harvest are being squeezed in a country that gets nearly all its oil through the Persian Gulf.
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Change in Data Sources Led to Lower Inflation Reading
A methodological change contributed to a better-than-expected inflation report, prompting questions from some economists.
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Consumer Prices Rose in January, Before Iran War Added Price Pressures
The Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge for inflation increased 2.8 percent annually and economists expect another bump in prices in the near-term.
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Kevin Warsh’s Dilemma as Fed Chair Nominee Amid Iran War
President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve could faces a tough road to confirmation if he seeks quick interest rate cuts. The war in Iran doesn’t help.
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise, Undercutting Housing Affordability Push
Mortgage rates fell below the critical 6 percent threshold just a couple weeks ago. But they’re climbing again as new inflation concerns have roiled financial markets.
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Consumer prices stayed subdued in February.
Consumer price data set for release Wednesday was collected before the Iran war, a conflict that has stoked fresh uncertainty about the economic outlook. .