Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, on Sunday played down President Trump's threat to begin a trade war if the Federal Reserve doesn’t drop interest rates. “I don't expect the trade's going to go to zero, but I do think that the president has a very strong opinion that inter...
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Former President Obama is stopping in Atlanta on Wednesday — less than a week out from Election Day — to give a boost to Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, who's running for Georgia governor, and incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D). Obama's visit to the Peach State comes just a few days af...
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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh will speak to reporters Wednesday after the central bank voted to hold interest rates steady at 3.75 percent to 4 percent, despite persistent inflation and mounting economic pressures ahead of the midterm elections. The decision comes six weeks a...
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Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady Wednesday despite stubborn inflation. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 10-2 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate range at 3.75 percent to 4 percent. "The committee believes that the accumulation...
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Bond yields ticked up Wednesday morning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates, with investors expecting the central bank to keep borrowing costs steady. The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield was trading at more than 5.02 percent as of midmorning, up by roughly ...
