• Oct 08, 2024

Fed's Collins expects more rate cuts amid confidence inflation is easing

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Tuesday that with inflation trends growing weaker it is very probable that the U.S. central bank can deliver more interest rate cuts. "Further adjustments of policy will likely be needed," Collins said in the text of a speech to be delivered before a conference at her bank. Noting that Fed officials predicted half a percentage point's worth of cuts by year-end at their policy meeting in September, she said "I will stress that policy is not on a pre-set path and will remain carefully data dependent, adjusting as the economy evolves."

  • Oct 08, 2024

Fed’s Collins Says Rate Cuts Should Be Careful, Data-Based

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  • Oct 08, 2024

Crypto.com Files Suit Against SEC After Getting Wells Notice

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  • Oct 08, 2024

Fed's Bostic says labor market slowing but not slow, jobs gains 'robust'

Last week's jobs numbers confirm the U.S. labor market remains strong even though it may be slowing, with a 4.1% unemployment rate around what is considered full employment and employers adding jobs faster than what is needed to account for population growth, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said on Tuesday. The rise in the unemployment rate from last year's lows well below 4% "is actually a move to where most folks, before the pandemic, thought full employment was," Bostic said at a meeting with foreign consular officers based in Atlanta. "The labor market ... is certainly slowed down, but is not slow," he said, while monthly job creation "is pretty robust."