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Stocks retreat after hot US inflation data shakes Fed rate cut hopes  Reuters Why hotter-than-expected wholesale prices make the Fed’s September rate cut decision harder  Yahoo Finance PPI report shows biggest surge in three years. Here’s what that says about inflation.  CBS News Businesses have been eating Trump’s tariffs. That’s starting to change  CNN Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected  CNBC …

Bessent Calls for Big Rate Cuts. Futures Markets Aren’t Buying It.  Barron’s Fed Faces High Bar for Big Cuts Despite White House Pressure  The New York Times Bessent Says He’s Not Pushing Fed Cuts, Just Highlighting Models  Bloomberg.com Is the Fed ready to cut interest rates? Experts weigh in  ABC News Fed cut seen near certain after inflation data, Bessent comments  Reuters Source link

The Stock Market Is Betting on Big Tech and Rate Cuts, Not the Economy  Barron’sView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Declines by Most Since February  Bloomberg.com Weekly mortgage refinancing demand shoots 23% higher, with riskier loans making a comeback  CNBC Homeowners rush to refinance as mortgage-rate plunge opens ‘window of opportunity’  MarketWatch Current mortgage rates report for Aug. 13, 2025: Rates drop again  Fortune When will mortgage rates go down? Predictions about mortgage rates in 2025 and 2026.  Yahoo Finance Source …

Why a jumbo Fed rate cut in September would ‘come across as panicky’  MarketWatch Fed cut seen near certain after inflation data, Bessent comments  Reuters Bessent Urges Fed to Lower Rates by 150 Basis Points or More  Bloomberg.com Is the Fed ready to cut interest rates? Experts weigh in  ABC News US treasury secretary Scott Bessent calls for half-point interest rate cut at next …

(Reuters) -Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank is grappling with understanding whether tariffs will push up inflation just temporarily or more persistently, which would inform its decision on when to cut interest rates. “As we go into the fall, these are going to be some live meetings and we’re going to have to …

S&P 500, Nasdaq hit new closing highs on rate cut hopes  ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

S&P 500, Nasdaq hover near record highs on September rate cut hopes  Reuters Stock market today: Dow pops, S&P 500 and Nasdaq waver as Fed rate cut bets surge  Yahoo Finance World stocks hit new peak, US bond prices rise as markets position for Fed rate cut  Reuters Wall Street drifts around its records following a worldwide rally  AP News Wall Street goes full …

Bessent calls for series of rate cuts US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reiterated his call for a half-point interest rate reduction at the Federal Reserve’s next meeting in September, and called for a series of rate cuts. His comments come after data showed inflation held steady at 2.7% in July. He said the central bank’s benchmark ought to be …

By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan dropped to 6.67% last week, the lowest rate since early April, triggering a rush of homeowners seeking to lock in cheaper financing on existing mortgages but doing relatively little to draw new homebuyers into the market. The average contract rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell …