Tariffs aren’t yet showing up in inflation data, but that doesn’t mean they won’t in the coming months, says Richard Clarida, a former Federal Reserve Vice Chair and now an economic adviser at Pimco

Officials at the Federal Reserve are on track to extend their wait-and-see posture on Wednesday. Our Nick Timiraos explains why the central bank is in a holding pattern. A: Fed officials this week wil

The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn't saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst.

The central bank is set to hold interest rates steady for its fourth straight meeting, a pause that could be extended through the summer.

The equity markets were slightly positive for the week, through Thursday. Then hostilities broke out in the Middle East.

After a turbulent spring, investors will be watching this latest Fed meeting to see if Chair Jerome Powell will offer any hints about whether the worst has passed or is yet to come.

Fed officials have largely expected that Trump's trade policies will have a stagflationary effect on the U.S. economy, simultaneously slowing growth and raising prices, with the monetary policy path - whether rate cuts or an extended hold of borrowing costs at the current level - dependent on which problem seems to be more serious.

Amidst a slight cooling in economic activity, inflation has been making decent progress towards the 2% target. Click to read.

Encouraging economic data has boosted market hopes for Fed rate cuts, but policymakers remain cautious amid lingering uncertainty over tariffs and the labor market.