Just a few weeks ago, a December interest rate cut was viewed as practically a done deal by many economists. Now, with fresh government data showing solid U.S. job growth in September, many ...

The Federal Reserve is anticipated to announce a cut in interest rates today, despite the lack of government data due to the ongoing shutdown. Most of the information the central bank receives to ...

Fed officials are trying to determine how to support the labor market without pushing inflation higher. The Federal Reserve is already staring down the difficult task of determining interest-rate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to cut its short-term rate Wednesday for the second time this year despite an increasingly cloudy view of the economy it is trying to influence. The ...

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A backlog of government economic data is set to ease, but disagreement on the country’s economic outlook could linger. By Andrew Ross Sorkin Bernhard Warner Sarah Kessler Michael J. de la Merced Niko ...

The shutdown could prevent the release of a jobs report on Friday. The government shutdown on Wednesday has halted the release of some major economic data at a wobbly moment for the economy, ...

The Federal Reserve is already staring down the difficult task of determining interest-rate policy in the midst of a sluggish labor market and high inflation. The government shutdown now in its second ...