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Fed Won't Budge on Interest Rate Cut Despite Trump's Demand for Mortgage Relief

As was widely expected, Fed policymakers on Wednesday left the central bank's overnight rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%.

Fox Business on MSN · 14h

In a dissent not seen in three decades, two Fed governors wanted to cut interest rates and here is why

Federal Reserve Governors Bowman and Waller dissented from this week's decision to hold interest rates steady and explained why they would've cut rates by 25-basis-points.

The New York Times · 1d

Fed Dissenters Defend Call for July Rate Cut as Trump Intensifies Attacks

The central bank this week kept interest rates steady for a fifth-straight meeting, prompting the first double dissent from members of the powerful Board of Governors since 1993.

Weak jobs report may give Fed 'opportunity' to cut rates

TheStreet on MSN · 10h

Jobs report shocker resets Fed interest rate cut bets

Since unemployment was higher than expected and is potentially nearing a cycle high, the CME FedWatch tool reported that bets for a Fed interest rate cut in September improved to 87% on August 1 from 38% on July 31. The Fed held interest rates unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.50% on July 30, but not every voting member agreed.

The New York Times · 1d

Weak Jobs Report Raises Chances of a September Interest Rate Cut

The Federal Reserve held rates steady in July but two governors dissented, saying they had concerns about labor market fragility.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Weakening US jobs market hits center of Fed rate policy debate

Surprisingly weak July hiring data released on Friday highlighted a fractious Federal Reserve debate over whether the central bank should have cut interest rates when it met this week, as it offered some support to those who’d favored an easing in borrowing costs.

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Treasuries Typically Rally Before a Long-Awaited Fed Rate Cut. Trading on That Is Still a Gamble.

Treasury yield declines can signal whether the Fed will cut interest rates. But where they land after a cut is another story.

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Is credit card debt forgiveness still worth it with interest rates paused?

Fed rates stayed put in July, but does that change the route you should take to deal with your credit card debt?

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Fed Governor Kugler is resigning, giving Trump a nominee on committee that sets interest rates

Her resignation now paves the way for Trump to put his own nominee in for the board. Two of his prior appointments, ...

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Bowman, Waller argue for rate cuts, citing weakening labor market, limited inflation from tariffs

Slower economic growth and softer labor market dynamics warrant cutting the federal funds rate target range by 25 basis ...

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