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Tariffs will bring it with an unblinking certitude; the only question is when.
Federal Reserve officials counseled patience before making any interest rate decisions before it is clear whether the ...
A range of tariffs on U.S. imports has been enacted or considered recently. Trade tariffs can potentially affect price ...
Treasury Secretary Bessent seemed to acknowledge Sunday that President Trump’s tariffs may lead to some prices going up, but downplayed fears that it would fuel inflation. This past week, a closely ...
Remember a few weeks ago, when economic analysts predicted President Donald Trump's tariffs would spike inflation and maybe ...
Powell communicated his view following the rate decision that the effects of tariffs are still highly uncertain, but that if they remain high, the risks of higher inflation and unemployment will ...
While job growth has been resilient, the tariff war has increased the risk of inflation. Powell highlighted that if tariffs remain at the current level, the Fed may not meet its inflation and ...
Not so much. The point about tariffs possibly delaying progress on inflation for a year wasn't the only remarkable moment during Powell's press conference. As always, these Fed meetings are a sort ...
The US central bank held interest rates as it said Trump tariffs have risked higher inflation and unemployment ... the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve ...
In the post-meeting press conference, Powell warned that sustained tariffs could “generate a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth, and an increase in unemployment.” He described ...
"There's so much uncertainty." Powell offered a bleak idea of the future under Trump's tariffs as proposed, saying that the U.S. could see "a rise in inflation, a slowdown in economic growth ...
The central bank held steady on rates, keeping them at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, but highlighted rising inflation risk.