Will the Next Social Security COLA Be Higher Than This Year's Increase? The Fed Just Gave a Big Clue.
Most retirees have probably gotten used to their Social Security benefits increase for 2025 by now. The latest cost-of-living ...
Here's How Many Interest Rate Cuts the Fed Is Projecting in 2025 -- and What It Means for Stocks
The U.S. Federal Reserve has a dual mandate. First, it's tasked with keeping inflation under control, which means ensuring ...
Week ahead – US NFP and Eurozone CPI awaited as tariff war heats up, RBA meets [Video]
Policymakers from the European Central Bank have hinted at the possibility of a pause in rate cuts at the April meeting, but the decision looks set to be a close one as the case for caution has ...
The Fed's Interest Rate Cuts Foreshadowed the Stock Market Correction, and Here's What Might Happen Next
To cool the economy and bring inflation under control, the Fed embarked on an aggressive campaign to raise the federal funds rate during 2022 and 2023. The final hike was in August 2023, with the rate ...
Fed likely to pause rate cuts with clouds gathering over the economy
The Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut interest rates this week despite growing concern about the state of the U.S. economy and the impact of President Trump’s trade agenda. Markets are expecting ...
Q&A: What is the consumer price index? An economist explains
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the latest inflation report, based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s consumer price index (CPI), on March 12. The monthly report tells consumers how ...
Tatiana Bailey: Slight ease in inflation unlikely to change Fed's pace on rates
Last week’s inflation data showed the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in February, slowing from January’s sharp 0.5% ...
Trump's tariffs loom over a still-cautious Fed as markets gyrate
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady when it meets this week, but investors will be watching for something else — any sign that President Trump's policies are changing ...