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Policy Decisions

Fed Holds Rates as Iran Shock Lifts Inflation Risk, Rare Dissents Expose Split

Rising oil prices from the conflict are pushing officials to reject signals that only cuts are likely.

Fed Minutes Reveal Deep Split, Pushing First Likely Rate Cut to June

Fed Holds Rates at 3.50%–3.75% in 10–2 Vote as Powell Stresses Data-Dependent Path

Fed Pauses Easing, Holds Rates at 3.50%–3.75% as Inflation Stays Elevated

Fed Minutes Reveal Split Over Next Moves After December Rate Cut

Trump Sets Litmus Test for Next Fed Chair as Hassett Leads Contender Field

Silver Soars to All-Time Highs, Overtakes Microsoft by Market Value

Fed Cuts Rates for Third Straight Meeting, Signals Likely Pause

Williams Puts Near‑Term Fed Rate Cut Back in Play as Markets Price December Move

Bitcoin Breaks Below $100,000 Again as Liquidations and Risk-Off Selling Intensify

Fed Rift Deepens as Miran Urges 50‑bp December Cut While Economists Lean to 25‑bp

Fed Cuts Rates Again as Powell Says December Move Is Not Assured

Fed Cuts Rates Again, Plans to End QT as Powell Cools Expectations for December Move

Fed Cuts Rates Again to 3.75%–4% as Labor Risks Rise

Fed Set to Cut Rates Again This Week as Data Blackout Clouds Outlook

Fed Minutes Lay Bare Split on Pace of Rate Cuts as Slim Majority Signals More Easing in 2025

Q2 U.S. Growth Revised Up to 3.8%, Tempering Near-Term Fed Cut Bets

Powell Flags Caution on Cuts as Fed Splits Over How Fast to Ease

Fed Cuts Rates by 25 Basis Points, Signals Two More This Year

Markets Poised for Fed’s Expected Quarter-Point Cut as Meeting Begins