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Inflation Gauge Shows Price Pressures Easing Gradually

WASHINGTON — A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slipped last month in a sign that price pressures continue to ease.

March 29, 2024
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Fed Holds Fast on Interest Rate, Still Sees 3 Cuts in 2024

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged but signaled March 20 that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024.

March 20, 2024
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Fed Keeps Rate Unchanged, Signals Cuts Coming Next Year

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate the same Dec. 13 for a third straight time, and officials signaled they expect to make three quarter-point cuts to the benchmark rate next year.

December 13, 2023
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Fed Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate at 5.4%

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged Nov. 1 but left the door open to further rate hikes if inflation pressures should accelerate.

November 1, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Sept. 20 for the second time in its past three meetings, but also signaled it expects to raise rates once more this year.

September 20, 2023
GovernmentBusiness

Fed Economists ‘No Longer Forecasting a Recession’

The Federal Reserve said July 26 it no longer foresees a recession and raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point from roughly 5.1% to 5.3% — its highest level since 2001.

July 26, 2023
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Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged June 14 after having raised it 10 straight times to combat high inflation. 

June 14, 2023
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Key Inflation Measure Increases in April

WASHINGTON — A key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April, and consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high.

May 26, 2023
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Federal Reserve Chair Powell Hints at Pause in Rate Hikes

WASHINGTON — Chair Jerome Powell indicated May 19 that the Federal Reserve likely will forgo an increase in its benchmark interest rate when it meets in June.

May 19, 2023
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High Consumer Prices, Inflation Pressures Persist in April

WASHINGTON — Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, a sign that declines in inflation are likely to be slow and bumpy.

May 10, 2023