Fed Cuts Rates by Quarter-Point; Powell Cites Weakness in Jobs: The Fed Decides

Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more reductions this year following months of intense pressure from the White House to slash borrowing costs.
Chair Jerome Powell pointed to growing signs of weakness in the labor market to explain why officials decided it was time to cut rates after holding them steady since December amid concerns over tariff-driven inflation. “Labor demand has softened, and the recent pace of job creation appears to be running below the break-even rate needed to hold the unemployment rate constant,” Powell told reporters. He added, “I can no longer say” the labor market is “very solid.” Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramwicz and Tom Keene react to the Fed's decision to cut rates.
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