Fed to cut rates next week, bringing an end to first phase of easing

The Federal Reserve is set to cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point next week, staying on the path it has laid out to slowly bring rates down even as the economic landscape shifts beneath its feet.

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Economic Data Points to Fed Rate Cut Next Week, and a Cautious 2025

Persistent inflation probably won’t stop a December rate cut, but it could affect the course of monetary policy for the next two years.
Inc. - 2h
Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates next week. Here's what that means for you

The third interest rate cut in a row is on deck, which is welcome news for consumers struggling to keep up with sky-high interest charges.
CNBC - 2h
The Fed is on course to cut interest rates in December, but what happens next is anyone's guess

Friday's jobs report virtually cements that the Federal Reserve will approve an interest rate cut when it meets later this month.
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Why Powell and the Fed should pause interest-rate cuts in December

Some say November’s jobs data support holding monetary policy steady.
MarketWatch - 6d
Jobs report shows hiring surge as Fed weighs interest rate cut

The fresh data marks the first jobs report since the election of Trump.
ABC News - Dec. 6
Inflation threatens Fed rate-cut expectations once again. Here’s why.

With investors looking toward Friday’s November nonfarm-payrolls report, market participants see the potential that it could be overshadowed by an entirely different set of data: next Wednesday’s ...
MarketWatch - Dec. 4
BoE governor expects four UK rate cuts next year as inflation eases

Andrew Bailey welcomes better than expected fall in price growth in FT interview
Financial Times - Dec. 4
Top Fed Official Leans Toward Rate Cut This Month, If Data Supports It

In a recent speech, Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed Board of Governors, said a rate cut hinged on inflation continuing to drop.
Inc. - Dec. 3
Fed’s Waller says he supports interest-rate cut at next meeting — for now

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Monday that as of today, he supports an interest-rate cut at the central bank’s next meeting in a little over two weeks.
MarketWatch - Dec. 2

Fed to cut rates next week, bringing an end to first phase of easing

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