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Fed Chair Jerome Powell reiterated that inflation has been broadly defeated and that recent data indicate further progress toward a sustained return to 2% core goods prices have fallen a half percent over the past year, close to their pre-pandemic pace, as supply bottlenecks have eased outside of housing services. …

Fed Chair Jerome Powell explains the decision to cut the policy rate, federal funds rate, by 50 basis points to the range of 4.75%-5% after the September meeting and responds to questions in the post-meeting press conference.Key quotes:“Housing market is frozen in part due to higher rates.”“As rates come home, …

Gold prices experienced a significant decline after the Federal Reserve (Fed) announced a 50-basis point rate cut. Despite the reduction, the Fed projected the federal funds rate to reach 4.4% by the end of 2024, indicating a continued tightening stance.Rate Cut and Outlook: The Fed’s decision to lower borrowing costs …

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell explains the decision to cut the policy rate, federal funds rate, by 50 basis points to the range of 4.75%-5% after the September meeting and responds to questions in the post-meeting press conference.Key quotes“Immigration is one of the things that has allowed unemployment rate to …

Following its meeting in September, the FOMC decided to 50 bps to 4.75%-5% as widely anticipated. Key hints on the outlook for interest rates are expected from the updated Summary of Economic Projections and comments made by Fed Chairman Powell. Depending on the magnitude of the interest rate cut, the …

The US Federal Reserve is poised to conclude its policy meeting on July Thirty First, with Chair Jerome Powell expected to discuss the central bank’s rate latest decision. This meeting is seen by most analysts as a warm-up act for September, as many Wall Street analysts are hoping for insights …

FOMC meeting began on Tuesday amid hopes that Jerome Powell, Fed Chairman, could hint the timing or number of rate cuts at least until the end of 2024, this comes amid accelerating expectations that the Federal Open Market Committee will begin cutting rates in its meeting next September.These expectations are …

Gold prices experienced a minor dip in Asian trading on Friday, but still held strong gains from the previous session, bolstered by softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data that fueled expectations of a September interest rate cut. Gold’s Strong Performance: The yellow metal surpassed the significant $2,400 an ounce level on Thursday, …

Gold prices continued their upward trend in Asian trading on Thursday, buoyed by a weaker dollar and declining Treasury yields as expectations of U.S. interest rate cuts gained momentum. The precious metal also benefited from reports of central banks in emerging markets increasing their gold reserves and dovish comments from …

Gold surges amid growing expectations of Fed rate cuts in September. US 10-year Treasury yield drops to 4.288%, while US Dollar Index falls below 105.00. Inflows into Gold ETFs support the metal, with eyes now on US June inflation data and economic indicators.Gold price escalated on Wednesday for back-to-back days …