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Former Fed president Bill Dudley warned that the central bank risks mistiming interest rate cuts if the economy stumbles into a recession.
Treasury yields climbed on Wednesday — sending the two-year note’s to the highest level since March — as traders further pared wagers on more than one Federal Reserve interest-rate cut by year-end.
Data showing temperate consumer inflation in April does not necessarily reflect the impact of rising U.S. import tariffs, with the Federal Reserve still needing more data to discern the direction of prices and the economy,
Wall Street bounced between small gains and losses as markets await retail sector data and hints from the Fed.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it is still appropriate to keep monetary policy on hold, given uncertainty about the economic outlook.
Tamer-than-expected inflation and a significant de-escalation of a U.S.-China trade war are easing fears of a sharp squeeze on American households and businesses in coming months, prompting Wall Street firms to pare predictions of a recession and giving the Federal Reserve room to leave interest rates where they are.
Economists have shifted back their forecasts for lower borrowing costs as President Trump’s tariffs raised the risk of higher inflation and slower growth.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said that it’s important for central bankers not to respond to day-to-day volatility in equities and economic policy pronouncements, noting that economic data remain steady for now.