If the Fed Lowers Interest Rates This Year, It’ll Likely Be because of Bad News. Here’s Why
- The Federal Reserve will announce on Wednesday whether to cut interest rates after holding them steady since January at about 4.4%.
- The Fed faces pressure to cut rates due to rising unemployment and the economic impact from President Trump's tariff policies reducing consumer spending and company profits.
- Officials have stated they want more time to gauge how these policy changes affect the economy while acknowledging risks to both stable prices and maximum employment.
- Vice President JD Vance called the Fed's refusal to cut rates 'monetary malpractice,' while markets see a 98.7% chance rates will stay unchanged this week.
- The Fed is widely expected to maintain rates now but may lower them later this year if worsening labor market conditions force action.
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The Federal Reserve will announce its latest decision on whether to cut interest rates on Wednesday and has faced mounting political pressure from the Trump administration to lower rates to spur the economy.The Fed is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged this week, which would make it four straight meetings in which the central bank has left rates unchanged. The benchmark federal funds rate has been at a target range of 4.25% to 4.5…
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