The Federal Reserve has opted to hold rates at their current level. The central bank’s policy making Federal Open Market Committee stated it will “maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75%.” The vote for holding rates was near-unanimous,...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is walking back demands he made yesterday that the Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 basis points at its next policy meeting in September. In an interview on Fox Business this morning, Bessent insisted, “I didn’t tell the Fed what...
President Trump’s efforts to cajole, coerce and bully the Federal Reserve into lowering rates came to naught as the central bank opted to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.50%. Today’ vote marked the fifth straight meeting to end...
The Bank of Canada announced it was maintaining the target for the overnight rate at 2.75%, with the Bank Rate at 3% and the deposit rate at 2.70%. “While some elements of US trade policy have started to become more concrete in recent weeks, trade negotiations are...
The Federal Reserve will not be cutting rates this month. The central bank’s policy making Federal Open Market Committee announced in a statement that it would “maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.5%.” In making its announcement, the Fed...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
