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Fed's Brainard Argues For Capping Interest Rate Levels During The Next Downturn

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Brainard suggested using Treasury purchases to limit how high short- and medium-term government bond yields can rise. Read more

The Fed Is Expected To Cut Rates, But How Powell Discusses The Next Move Could Rattle Markets

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The Fed is widely expected to cut interest rates on Wednesday, but what it says about future moves could have a big impa... Read more

Fed To Cut Rates Again, But Other Economic Concerns Are Emerging Ahead Of Election: CNBC Survey

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The latest CNBC Fed Survey finds concerns over recession, monetary policy and worries about future economic policy. Read more

Fed's Evans Says No More Rate Cuts Are Needed Through 2020

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The Chicago Fed president says that policy is probably appropriate given an economy that is softening but still in good ... Read more

Fed's Bullard Warns Risks Remain High And US Economy May Slow More Sharply Than Expected

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St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard said global trade and other risks remain high for a U.S. economy ... Read more

Market May Be Expecting More Rate Cuts Than The Fed Will Deliver, Meeting Minutes Show

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The Fed's meeting minutes also showed that the trade war dragging down the economy was an overriding concern. Read more

Powell Says The Fed Will Start Expanding Its Balance Sheet 'soon' In Response To Funding Issues

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On monetary policy more broadly, Powell stuck to his recent script, saying the Fed stands committed to supporting the re... Read more

Fed's Clarida Says Central Bank Will Set Policy Meeting By Meeting

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Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida gave little away about the U.S. central bank's next steps on monetary poli... Read more

Charles Evans Says Fed Has Turned Dovish, But Still Might Need To Do More

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Charles Evans, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said he was "open-minded" about further interest rate c... Read more

Harker Says Fed Should 'hold Firm' On Interest Rates

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"My own view is that we should hold firm, letting things settle and watching how events play out," he said in prepared r... Read more

Markets Have Been Betting That Trump's Twitter Attacks On The Fed Will Move Rates

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Trump has called Chairman Jerome Powell "clueless" and Fed officials "boneheads." Read more

Fed's Williams: 'We Were Prepared' For The Overnight Funding Jolt Last Week

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New York Fed President John Williams said the central bank acted quickly during last week's jolt to overnight lending ma... Read more

Fed Vice Chair Clarida Says The Fed Will Take Interest Rate Policy 'meeting By Meeting'

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"We're gonna take this meeting by meeting. We're not on a preset course," Clarida told CNBC. Read more

The Federal Reserve Is Increasingly Divided With One Official Even Wanting A Sizable Half-point Cut

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James Bullard and Eric Rosengren, regional Fed presidents, released statements explaining why they voted against this we... Read more

Powell Doesn't See The Fed Ever Using Negative Interest Rates, Even In Times Of Crisis

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he does not see the Fed using negative interest rates in the future. Read more

Powell Says It's Possible The Fed Will Have To Resume Balance Sheet Growth

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Powell said on Wednesday that the Fed may have to resume regular balance sheet growth to help ease money markets. Read more

Powell Says A 'sequence' Of Rate Cuts Could Be Needed If Economy Turns, But Doesn't See That Now

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Jerome Powell pledged that the central bank would engage in a "sequence" of interest rate cuts if conditions warrant, bu... Read more

Trump Says Powell And The Fed 'Fail Again' — 'No Guts, No Sense, No Vision!'

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The decision to cut rates followed a monthslong pressure campaign by Trump, who often criticized Chairman Jerome Powell ... Read more

Fed Gets More Divided, As Three Members Vote Against Rate Cut

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The Fed has become increasingly divided, with three officials voting against the Fed's quarter-point cut to the fed fund... Read more

Fed Forecasts No Further Rate Cuts In 2019 And 2020, But Members Are Divided

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The Federal Reserve cut rates Wednesday by 25 basis points to a range of 1.75% to 2.00%. Read more