Interest Rates – Page 26

Bracing for a Fed Pullback on Interest Rates

Wall Street sees the central bank cutting interest rates on Wednesday. But growing worries about inflation are adding to investor uncertainty about its policy agenda for 2025.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin Ravi Mattu Bernhard Warner Sarah Kessler

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Jerome Powell and the Fed Head for Another Collision with Trump

Rates may not come down as much or as quickly as had been expected, just as Trump — a self-declared “low-rate guy” — returns to the White House.

By Jeanna Smialek

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European Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates as the Economy Weakens

The bank has been lowering rates since June as inflation slowed, but other risks are growing, including the threat of higher tariffs promised by President-elect Donald J. Trump.

By Eshe Nelson

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What to know about the report.

Inflation has been cooling notably after peaking in 2022, but in recent months it has shown signs of stalling.

By Jeanna Smialek