Not even 48 hours after the conclusion of last month's meeting, data from the Labor Department appeared to validate the concerns of Bowman and Waller when it showed fewer jobs than expected were created in July.

Almost all” officials backed July’s interest-rate decision, even though two governors backed a rate cut, according to a meeting summary.

After somewhat positive inflation data in July, the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in September are at roughly 83%, according to CME Group 's FedWatch tool calculations on Aug. 18. One month earlier, roughly 59% of traders betting on changes in the federal funds rate thought an interest rate cut would occur in September.

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In late July, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell kept the central bank's options wide open for its next meeting, and said the Fed would "watch and learn" about th

Strategists questioned the Treasury Secretary's recent comments asserting that Federal Reserve policy overshoots models by more than a percentage point.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will speak Friday during an annual economic policy gathering to give his outlook on the economy. It’s a time of high uncertainty with inflation still

NEW YORK (Reuters) -As U.S. debt swells and the White House leans on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, investors are weighing the risk of "fiscal dominance," a scenario where keeping government financing cheap eclipses the fight against inflation.