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Fed’s Waller, Bowman Cite Labor-Market Worries for Dissents
Federal Reserve Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman expressed concerns that the central bank’s hesitance to ...
Fed holds rates steady but sees first double dissent in three decades
The Federal Reserve kept short-term interest rates at a level of 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent on Wednesday, but the vote saw ...
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.
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, ...
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 ...