The Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates this week. Recent jobs data have been a reminder that a soft landing is not yet assured.
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For the Fed, a Sign That the Job Market Is Cooling but Not Imploding
Fed officials have been watching the job market as they move toward a rate cut this month. Friday’s report contained good and bad news.
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Will Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech Help Lead to a Soft Landing?
Investors are anxiously awaiting Jerome Powell’s policy speech at a symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. on Friday, as labor data suggests the economy is slowing.
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Powell Faces Economic Crossroads as He Prepares to Speak at Jackson Hole
Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, will deliver remarks as inflation cools and growth holds up — but as labor market weakening threatens to interrupt the soft landing.
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Investors Brace for a Jobs Wipeout
Economists forecast that a revision to payrolls data could undercut a robust picture of the labor market, further pressuring the Federal Reserve to cut rates.
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Americans Growing Worried About Losing Their Jobs, Labor Survey Shows
The New York Fed’s labor market survey showed cracks just as Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, prepares for a closely watched Friday speech.
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Trump Makes a Demand for Say Over the Fed
The former president made his clearest statement yet that he wants influence over the central bank’s rate policy if he wins re-election.
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Trump Suggests that President Should Have a ‘Say’ in Interest Rates
Donald J. Trump suggested presidents should have input on interest rates, a comment likely to stoke fears that he could try to limit the Federal Reserve’s political independence.
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The Federal Reserve left interest rates at a two-decade high, but all the attention was on what it will do next.
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Fed Will Scour Jobs Report for Signs of Weakness
Central bankers are preparing to cut interest rates, and are warily monitoring job data as they consider when and how much to lower them.
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Trump Promises Lower Interest Rates, but the President Doesn’t Control Those
The Federal Reserve sets interest rates, and it operates independently of the White House. But rates could come down as inflation cools.
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The Fed Under Trump 2.0
Donald Trump says he will not fire Jay Powell as chairman of the central bank if he is re-elected president, after threatening to do so. But whether the president even has the authority is open to question.