Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee on Friday explained why he voted against this week’s interest rate cut, telling CNBC that policymakers should have waited until they had more information before easing further. “I’m pretty optimistic that for 2026 rates will will be able to be a fair bit lower than they are today,” the … Read more
A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. Fulfilling expectations of a “hawkish cut,” the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee lowered its key overnight borrowing rate by a quarter percentage point, putting it in a range between … Read more
Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Francis Chung | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump knows who he’s going to select as the next Federal Reserve chair but isn’t saying yet. Prediction markets … Read more
A key rotation away from artificial intelligence stocks may be underway in the market. According to Astoria Portfolio Advisors’ John Davi, a broader range of stocks are getting a “green light” because liquidity is returning to the system. “The Fed cut rates four times last year. They cut rates twice already. They’re going to go again … Read more
John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, speaks during an Economic Club of New York (ECNY) event in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. David Dee Delgado | Bloomberg | Getty Images Communication at the Federal Reserve, particularly at the highest levels, rarely happens by … Read more
Susan Collins, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins on Wednesday … Read more