The Fed

Back in the ’90s a Fed chief warned about ‘irrational exuberance’ in the markets. Stocks rose 105% over the next 4 years
Investing

Back in the ’90s a Fed chief warned about ‘irrational exuberance’ in the markets. Stocks rose 105% over the next 4 years

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September 30, 2025
Stephen Miran, who Trump nominated to undermine Fed independence, once wrote a scathing critique of how the Fed wasn’t independent enough
Economy

Stephen Miran, who Trump nominated to undermine Fed independence, once wrote a scathing critique of how the Fed wasn’t independent enough

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September 25, 2025
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on September 17, 2025.
Economy

The Fed doesn’t actually have a ‘dual’ mandate—there’s a third part it rarely mentions, and economists want it to stay that way

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September 21, 2025
Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks in front of a microphone
Finance

Fed officials say Trump’s tariffs and migrant deportations could push inflation higher this year

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
February 19, 2025
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks in front of the American flag
Finance

The Fed is weighing ‘significant changes’ to its annual stress tests for large U.S. banks to lessen the risk of large year-on-year swings

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December 24, 2024
The Fed now expects to only cut rates 2 times in 2025. What the slowdown means for mortgages, debt and more
Finance

The Fed now expects to only cut rates 2 times in 2025. What the slowdown means for mortgages, debt and more

By Cora Lewis and The Associated Press
December 19, 2024
Fed chairman Jay Powell stands at a podium in front of roughly six flags
Finance

Bad news for prospective homebuyers: The Fed’s rate cuts are unlikely to bring down stubbornly high mortgage rates anytime soon

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
December 18, 2024
Workers stressed.
Newsletters

Choosy hiring managers and a tougher job search: What the Fed’s Beige Book says about the state of the labor market

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September 6, 2024
Interest rate cuts are now all but guaranteed after dovish Fed meeting, experts say
Finance

Interest rate cuts are now all but guaranteed after dovish Fed meeting, experts say

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August 21, 2024
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell
Finance

Fed Chair Jerome Powell faces a precarious balancing act amid criticism from Republicans and Democrats who claim he ‘gave in to bullying’

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August 1, 2024
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve
Finance

Today’s Fed meeting is merely a warm-up act for September, according to Wall Street

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July 30, 2024
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
Finance

Even September may be too late for a rate cut to swing the U.S. economy out of a recession, warns former Fed president 

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July 26, 2024
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, during a Bloomberg Television interview.
Finance

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon slams central banks for their ‘100% dead wrong’ forecasts and ‘omnipotent feeling’

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October 24, 2023
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, during a Bloomberg Television interview.
Finance

Jamie Dimon says Americans are on an economic ‘sugar high’—and he’s urging clients to batten down the hatches and prepare for rates to hit 7%

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September 26, 2023
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Wyoming on Aug. 25, 2023.
Finance

Two economists from different camps see peril in Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on inflation and interest rates from Jackson Hole

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August 25, 2023

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