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Federal Reserve

August 2024

  • A worker stacks packaged bed frames in a factory in Commerce, California, in 2017. US manufacturing data suggested the world’s biggest economy may be slowing.

    Business live
    Federal Reserve interest rate cut bets rise as US jobs disappointment fuels growth fears – as it happened

    Non-farm payrolls show US economy created 114,000 jobs in July, well below expectations, sparking speculation of an emergency interest rate cut
  • A trader works on the floor of the New York stock exchange

    Fear of US recession rattles global markets as tech shares fall

    Europe’s main indices all decline and Japanese equities suffer worst day since 2020 while gold hits fresh record
  • Two men wearing navy jackets look at several screens

    US investors trigger major Wall Street sell-off over recession fears

    Cooling job market, slowing manufacturing and tumbling stock market lead to big tech sell-offs

July 2024

  • Picture taken through car window shows red digital gas prices of $6.59.

    Fed will hold interest rates steady but officials hint rates could be cut this year

    Chair Jay Powell says central bank ‘getting closer to the point’ of possible rate cut – ‘but we’re not quite there yet’
  • 24-carat gold bars at the US West Point Mint facility in West Point, New York

    Project Syndicate economists
    Why have US shares, gold and the dollar been soaring?

    Jeffrey Frankel
    The emergence of artificial intelligence has pushed the tech sector to all-time highs, but other assets have risen, too

    • Business live
      UK grocery inflation falls to 1.6%; Fed chair Powell hints at US rate cuts – as it happened

    • Cutting interest rates ‘too late or too little’ could hit jobs, Fed chair warns

    • Business live
      Dyson to cut 1,000 jobs in the UK; chancellor launches national wealth fund –as it happened

June 2024

  • a worker puts oranges in a bag

    Federal Reserve holds interest rates at two-decade high as it waits for inflation to cool

    Instead of cutting rates, central bank keeps them between 5.25% and 5.5%, where they have been for nearly a year

May 2024

  • Graphic illustration of many slits of what look like printed paper, in mostly white, with a couple blue and a couple red.

    The confidence question
    Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden

  • man in a suit outside a courthouse

    Jailed Trump adviser predicts mass deportations as second term priority

  • FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed in Somerville<br>FILE PHOTO: A "now hiring" sign is displayed outside Taylor Party and Equipment Rentals in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

    US adds 175,000 April jobs as hiring slows and unemployment stays steady

  • grand building with statue of an eagle

    US Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as inflation ticks up

April 2024

  • Jerome Powell<br>Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell participates in a Washington Forum on the Canadian Economy, together with Tiff Macklem, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Fed chair Jerome Powell: high inflation likely to delay rate cuts this year

  • Ben Bernanke

    Do better: Bernanke gets strict with Bank of England over handling of inflation crisis

  • Gas prices are seen at a gas station in Riverwoods, Ill., Monday, April 1, 2024. On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the Labor Department issues its report on inflation at the consumer level in March. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

    Stubborn US inflation dents hopes for imminent Fed interest rate cut

  • Female doctor arranging surgical equipment.

    Biden hails ‘America’s comeback’ as 303,000 new jobs in March beat forecast

March 2024

  • Man in dark suit and glasses at podium

    Fed leaves interest rates unchanged but signals three cuts this year

    Rates to stay at 25-year high of 5.25% to 5.5% as central bank says ‘inflation has eased over the past year but remains elevated’
  • FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference, in Washington<br>FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following the release of the Fed's interest rate policy decision at the Federal Reserve in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

    Fed chair Jerome Powell expects interest rate cut this year

    Central bank leader cautions that continued progress on inflation ‘is not assured’ in remarks prepared for House committee
  • A group of men look up and shout at each other in an image with a lot of action in it.

    US stock markets close at record highs as enthusiasm for AI drives gains

    Both the S&P 500 and the tech-dominated Nasdaq set new records, with Nvidia closing above $2tn for the first time
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