WASHINGTON- An inflation gauge that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month in a sign that price pressures cooled after two months of sharp gains. The milder inflation figures arrive two days after Federal Reserve officials, led by Chair Jerome Powell, rocked financial markets by revealing that they now expect to cut their key interest…
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Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered representative of U.S. layoffs. The Federal Reserve instituted a flurry of rate increases in 2022 and into 2023 to try to suppress the four-decade high inflation that took hold when the U.S. economy rebounded from the brief but sharp pandemic recession. The Fed cut its benchmark rate again on Wednesday—…
WASHINGTON— An inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month, a sign that price pressures cooled. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed prices rose just 0.1% from October to November. The report came two days after Federal Reserve officials said they expect to cut their key interest rate two times in 2025, down…
The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point— its third cut this year— but also signaled that it expects to reduce rates more slowly next year than it previously envisioned, largely because of stillelevated infl ation. HUSH MONEY: Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan on Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump's hush…
We have a Congress that "controls the purse," so why can't they control spending by the Executive branch? After the financial crisis of 2008-09, U.S. Treasurys received a credit downgrade for the first time in history— willing lenders disappeared. Enter the Federal Reserve, who invented QE-1, 2,3 to print money and buy $8 trillion of U.S. Treasury debt and mortgaged…
With the presidential election in the rearview, many may be pontificating what's ahead for New Jersey's economic future. Among the opinions, we heard that if the Federal Reserve continues cutting interest rates as expected, the banking industry will experience both challenges and opportunities in 2025. We expect that potential policy changes and Federal…
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As he enters the final month of his first and only presidential term, Joe Biden is speaking to history, emphasizing the positive side of his legacy while he can still command an audience. Inflation is under control, gas is down to $3 a gallon and the Federal Reserve has already sliced interest rates twice this fall. Biden hands that economy over to Donald Trump, a man…
Rome's average price for a gallon of unleaded is around $2.70, according to GasBuddy.com, lower than the projected $2.95 national average on Christmas. Those prices have dropped in large part because of a market recovery after the pandemic, coupled with Federal Reserve measures to curb inflation through higher interest rates, and a weak economy in China.
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has been named a recipient of the 2024 Organization of the Year Award from Feed My People Food Bank for its efforts to fight hunger in west-central Wisconsin, and it's part of the effort to keep students and their families fed in Rice Lake and northwestern Wisconsin. In Rice Lake, UW-Eau Claire– Barron County likewise hosts…
US Fed's caution on rate cuts could cause friction with Trump. Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House and uncertainty about his policy proposals has begun weighing on the U.S. Federal Reserve, raising concerns of a reckoning between the central bank and the president-elect. Trump has continued to insist that, "properly used," tariffs would be positive…
As he enters the final month of his first and only presidential term, Joe Biden is speaking to history, emphasizing the positive side of his legacy while he can still command an audience. Inflation is under control, gas is down to $3 a gallon and the Federal Reserve has already sliced interest rates twice this fall. Biden hands that economy over to Donald Trump, a man…
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The Dow Jones stock index essentially ended Thursday flat after having posted 10 days of losses. The Federal Reserve now sees inflation as staying stubbornly elevated as it has become cautious about further interest rate cuts planned for next year. He then promoted a deal reached with Republicans on Thursday that Democratic lawmakers and President Joe…
Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House and uncertainty about his policy proposals has begun weighing on the US Federal Reserve, raising concerns of a reckoning between the central bank and the president-elect. Fed chair Jerome Powell acknowledged on Wednesday that Trump's economic platform, which includes the threat of major tariff hikes, the…
