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Fed’s Waller, Bowman Cite Labor-Market Worries for Dissents
Federal Reserve Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman expressed concerns that the central bank’s hesitance to ...
Fed governors Bowman, Waller explain their dissents, say waiting to cut rates threatens economy
Two Federal Reserve officials who voted this week against holding a key interest rate in place explained their decisions ...
Fed recap: Powell says no decision on September, must wait to see tariff impact on inflation
The central bank kept its target rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, but two policymakers disagreed with the decision.
Fed holds rates steady but sees first double dissent in three decades
The Federal Reserve kept short-term interest rates at a level of 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent on Wednesday, but the vote saw ...
Fed Dissenters Defend Call for July Rate Cut as Trump Intensifies Attacks
The central bank this week kept interest rates steady for a fifth-straight meeting, prompting the first double dissent from ...
Fed holds rates steady, 2 governors wanted a cut
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at its July meeting. In the statement, the FOMC says, ...
Fed’s Powell sticks with patient approach to rate cuts, brushing off Trump’s demands
The Federal Reserve is leaving its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated ...
Powell downplays Fed board dissents: ‘Quite a good meeting’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell downplayed Wednesday the decision by two members of the central bank’s board to dissent ...