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Topic: Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on December 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump hopes for "termination" of Powell

Griffin Eckstein
US President Donald Trump during a a press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pushes Fed to cut rates

Quinn Sental
A customer walks by a now hiring sign posted in front of Target store on November 03, 2023 in Sausalito, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Job market might be losing momentum

Quinn Sental
Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on November 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Fed makes third rate cut this year

Daria Solovieva
Woman worriedly looking at her bills (Getty Images/dmphoto)

As Fed cuts, long-term rates rise

Jake Safane
The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in Washington, DC. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

December rate cut depends on inflation

Quinn Sental
Household Expenses (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

5 easy ways to save on household bills

Dori Zinn
Joe Biden | A monitor displays stock market information on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE in New York, the United States, June 16, 2022 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Drew Angerer/Michael Nagle/Xinhua)

Ali Velshi: Biden can't fix the economy

Dean Obeidallah
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services June 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Economists: More rate hikes won't help

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The stock market opened the year on a strong note, led by big gains in banks and energy companies. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)) (AP)

A sea of red

Alexander Kurov - The Conversation
In this Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, file photo, a Wall Street street sign is framed by an American flag hanging on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Troubles below the surface

Andreas Kern - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street ignores omens of recession

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation
Donald Trump and Jerome Powell (Getty/Drew Angerer/Joe Raedle)

Trump corruption: An impressive new high

Heather Digby Parton
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, file photo, a restaurant posts a sign indicating they are hiring, in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) (AP)

Jobs report shows a slowing economy

Richard Grossman - The Conversation
FILE - This April 3, 2015, file photo, shows an ACE Cash Express outlet on San Mateo Boulevard in Albuquerque, N.M. The outlet sits on a block which has several small loan storefronts. The lenders who advance people money on their paychecks charge exorbitant interest rates that often snare the most vulnerable customers in a cycle of debt, the industry’s critics have long said. Yet even consumer advocates who loathe the industry admit it fulfills a need: Providing small amounts of cash quickly to people who can’t qualify for credit cards or a bank loan. (AP Photo/Vik Jolly, File) (AP)

Sanders, AOC want to cap interest rates

Anne Fleming - The Conversation
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Are interest rates an effective tool?

Marshall Auerback - Independent Media Institute
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Fed's new strategy on interest rates

Thomas Gilbert - The Conversation
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, file photo, Gov. Jerome Powell attends a Board of Governors meeting at the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. On Thursday, March 2, 2017, Powell added his voice to a growing group of Fed officials who are indicating that they may raise rates in March. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (AP)

Don't panic over today's stock plunge

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation
FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen adjusts her glasses as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. several Federal Reserve officials have signaled in recent days that the Fed is ready to resume raising interest rates as soon as March 2017. The question is whether the official who matters most, Yellen, will add her own voice to that impression. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)

Martin Crutsinger
Janet Yellen (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Alan Diaz/Reuters/Keith Bedford/Photo montage by Salon)

How the 1 percent helps Trump

Elias Isquith
(AP Photo/ Francisco Seco)

Don't believe the hype

Scott Eric Kaufman
(AP/Mark Lennihan)

The misery elites ignore

Robert Hennelly
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