Fed holds key rate steady

Fed holds key rate steady

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year. With markets expecting no chance of a central bank move this week, the Federal Open Market Committee kept its key borrowing rate targeted in a…

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: ULTA, ABNB, GAP, AEO

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: UiPath — Shares surged 12% after the automation software company posted first-quarter operating income and revenue figures that exceeded FactSet estimates. UiPath also raised its full-year revenue guidance and sees its current-quarter revenue coming in between $345 million and $350 million, while analysts polled by FactSet…

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Fed worried it could face ‘difficult tradeoffs’ if tariffs reaggravate inflation, minutes show

Federal Reserve officials at their meeting earlier this month worried that tariffs could aggravate inflation and create a difficult quandary with interest rate policy, minutes released Wednesday show. The summary of the May 6-7 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee reflected ongoing misgivings about the direction of fiscal and trade policy, with officials ultimately…

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