Economic indicators

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell again pledged the central bank “will act as appropriate to sustain the expansion,” despite “no recent precedents to guide” policy decisions.

Two dissents on the vote to cut rates were the first of Chairman Jerome Powell's term.

“A couple” of Federal Open Market Committee members wanted a 50 basis point rate cut at its July 30-31 meeting, according to minutes released Wednesday, while “several” would have preferred no action.

Every coin has two sides and that is the case with a possible September rate cut.

The debate over yield curve inversion continued, as a summer Friday yielded little economic data, but the market waits to parse the minutes of the most recent Federal Open Market Committee and then eyes will turn to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual Jackson Hole retreat.

The municipal bond market received a variety of data Thursday suggesting economic strength belying the recession forecast by the 2/10-year Treasury yield curve inversion on Wednesday.

While the consumer price index climbed 0.3% in July, as did the core rate, the broad-based increases are unlikely to continue, according to analysts.

While Monday’s data was low-tier, this week will feature several economic reports that will offer data the Federal Reserve will parse in advance of its September meeting.

The producer price index data is reinforcing the idea that another rate cut is in the cards.

The number of seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell 8,000 to 209,000 in the week ended Aug. 3

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said it's looking for a diverse and highly qualified pool of candidates.

Some analysts say the Fed may move more aggressively to cut interest rates if the trade war heats up more.

U.S. stocks dropped like a stone in response as Treasuries strengthened in a flight-to-quality bid.

The gains point to an economy that remains strong, analysts say.

All eyes — including the president's — are turning to the September monetary policy meeting.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell defended the 25 basis point rate cut in the face of a resilient economy and refused to speculate about future moves.

Politics and economics clash as policy makers meet on possible rate cut.

“Growth of 2.1% is better than expected, but highly reliant on a surge in household consumption.”

Durable goods orders rose as non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft posted their largest gain since February 2018.

Although new home sales rose for the first time in three months, the rate was lower than expected.