Fed expected to pause rate cuts

Fed expected to pause rate cuts as it begins to weigh Trump policies
Donald Trump’s return to the White House is overshadowing the Fed’s meeting this week, with policymakers expected to pause changes to interest rates for now.
Federal Reserve expected to stand pat on rates even as Trump demands cuts
The Federal Reserve is nearly certain to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its policy meeting this week, just a few days after President Donald Trump said he would soon demand lower rates.
Inflation rose to 5-month high in December. What that means for Fed rate cuts.
Annual inflation ticked up for a third straight month in December as food, energy costs rose, CPI report showed. But underlying price measure eased.
Fed prepares to pause rate cuts to avoid Trump’s ire
The Fed’s challenge this week is how to pause and communicate a data-dependent approach to future cuts without drawing the ire of Trump, who has expressed his desire for rates to come down. “The goal will be to make as least amount of news as possible as they pause, which is well televised,” KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk said.
Fed’s rate-cut view set to test resurgent US stocks
The US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) first meeting of 2025 this week stands to test the resurgence in US stocks as investors gauge the extent of more equity-friendly interest rate cuts in the months ahead
Trump says he'll demand lower rates immediately, claims he knows rates better than Fed
President Trump said if oil prices come down he'll demand lower interest rates immediately, adds he knows rates 'much better' than Fed officials
Despite Trump’s demand that the Fed cut rates, Wall Street increasingly sees the exact opposite happening
As a result, the Fed will be "super orthodox and choose inflation over employment," if push comes to shove, Papasavvas predicted. Dan Ivascyn, chief investment officer at bond gia
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CPI edged higher in December, complicating the Fed's upcoming decision on rate cuts
Inflation is proving stickier than expected, which could cause Fed to hit pause button on more interest rate cuts.
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New inflation reading likely keeps the Fed on pause for now
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Today's Mortgage Rates | What This Week's Fed Meeting Means for Mortgage Rates
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. The Fed isn't expected to cut rates this week, but we may see mortgage rates fluctuate anyway.