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Here's the case for lower rates from the Fed's 2 dissenting voices
The Fed opted against cutting rates, but a rare dissent from two governors says the central bank risks being too late amid a ...
Did the Fed just royally screw up?
Last year, after the unemployment rate climbed quickly in a short period of time and there were similar calls that the central bank was too late to lower rates, the Fed stepped in with a bold, ...
Fed Dissenters Defend Call for July Rate Cut as Trump Intensifies Attacks
The central bank this week kept interest rates steady for a fifth-straight meeting, prompting the first double dissent from ...
Fed Starts Talks on a Looser Version of Basel III Endgame
The Federal Reserve has kicked off the process for putting together a new risk-based capital rule that would be less ...
The Fed Splits Into Three Camps on Interest Rates. These Are the Dividing Lines.
Federal Reserve officials are split into three camps over what economic evidence they need before resuming interest-rate cuts ...
Powell downplays Fed board dissents: ‘Quite a good meeting’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell downplayed Wednesday the decision by two members of the central bank’s board to dissent ...
Fed recap: Powell says no decision on September, must wait to see tariff impact on inflation
The central bank kept its target rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, but two policymakers disagreed with the decision.
Takeaways from the Fed’s latest decision, which got pushback from officials siding with Trump
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged for the fifth consecutive meeting as it remains under intense ...