US makes third interest rate cut despite inflation risk

The Federal Reserve has been cutting rates since September, even as inflation progress stalls.

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Fed cuts interest rate for third consecutive time

The Federal Reserve has announced a quarter-point cut to its key interest rate for a third consecutive time in 2024. NBC News' Brian Cheung has details on the decision and what it could indicate ...
NBC News - 2h
Fed cuts interest rate for third time this year as economic uncertainty looms

The Federal Reserve announced a quarter-point cut to its key interest rate Wednesday, an effort to keep stable what appears to be a steady but cooling economy.
NBC News - 2h
Fed cuts interest rates by quarter point despite firmer inflation

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point Wednesday, in line with market expectations, even as inflation has reaccelerated over the past two months. Fed officials ...
The Hill - 3h
Despite Fed cuts, many store credit cards are still charging customers extreme interest rates

Many credit cards offered by major retailers continue to charge exorbitant annual percentage rates (APRs), despite moves by the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates in the economy.
NBC News - 3h
Fed expected to make another cut in final interest rate decision of 2024

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will make its final interest rate decision of 2024 with a 0.25 percentage point cut expected. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady has more.
CBS News - 8h
Muted wholesale inflation rate likely gives final go-ahead for Fed to cut interest rates

A key measure of U.S. wholesale inflation posted a small increase in November and probably added the final nail in the coffin in favor of a widely expected reduction in interest rates next week.
MarketWatch - 6d
Asian stocks rise after US inflation data clears way for rate cut

Currencies strengthen against dollar as investors position for loosening by Federal Reserve
Financial Times - 6d
This nugget of good news in hottish CPI inflation report may cement Fed interest-rate cut

Inflation has risen since the summer and raised anxiety at the Federal Reserve, but a welcome slowdown in housing costs could be just what the doctor ordered.
MarketWatch - Dec. 11
Investors up bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cut after US jobs data – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as American private sector adds 227,000 jobs in November. The sale of the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, to ...
The Guardian - Dec. 6