CHICAGO — Vaccination rates so far this winter for seasonal respiratory infections like COVID-19 and the flu are slightly down from last year, which public health officials say could be a result ...
Inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target. Yet, instead of maintaining a firm stance at its December 18 meeting, the Fed cut interest rates for the third time in three ...
While the Fed cut its policy rate for a third consecutive meeting to a new range of 4.25 to 4.5 per cent, it noted that US unemployment remained low and inflation was still “somewhat elevated”.
Their benchmark rate stands at 4.3 per cent after Wednesday's move, which followed a steep half-point reduction in September and a quarter-point cut last month. "I think that a slower pace of ...
The stock market swooned Wednesday in response to a piece of news that might not seem all that dire on first read: The Federal Reserve could cut interest rates fewer times in 2025 than experts had ...
Investopedia / Photo Composite by Alice Morgan / Getty Images As widely expected, the Federal Reserve lowered its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 4.25% to 4.5% ...