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The U.S. Federal Reserve's top bank cop, Michelle Bowman, announced plans to reorganize the agency's supervision and regulation division and shrink the unit's staff by roughly 30%, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
Trump lambasted Powell this week, calling him “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell” in a speech to Asian business leaders .
Interest rates should continue their downward journey, as forecasters expect another rate cut from the Fed on Oct. 29. Are more cuts coming?
It's really a different thing,' Jerome Powell told reporters this week. However, the Federal Reserve is closely watching the impact of AI on hiring following high-profile tech layoffs.
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point for the second time this year, but the probability of a reduction at its next meeting fell after Jerome Powell, the central bank’s chair, said that officials held “strongly differing views.
Gold futures rose modestly on Thursday on possible dip-buying, rebounding after the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered interest rates in line with market expectations but Fed Chair Powell's remarks indicated a December rate cut is "not a foregone decision - far from it.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was rising Thursday to around 4.09%, after on Wednesday posting its biggest jump since July, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That was despite the Fed having just lowered its policy rate by a quarter-percentage point.