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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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Takeaways from the Fed’s decision to keep rates on hold as officials watch Trump’s tariffs and Israel-Iran conflict

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady again Wednesday as officials continue to wait for the fallout of President Donald Trump’s sweeping policy changes and tensions in the Middle East.

·Atlanta, United States
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The various players in the financial world predict that the most powerful central bank in the world will have to choose 'status quo' for the fourth consecutive time and, after two days of meeting, jury rates will remain at the fair between 4.25% and 4.50%, the same level since December. This decision should reflect the patience of US executive chief Donald Trump, who has been reticulating Fed's president, Jerome Powell, coming to call it "improv…

·Portugal
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News and Tribune broke the news in on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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