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Underlying Inflation Hits Lowest Level in Years. The Key Price Measures Show Progress Toward the Fed's 2% Target.

Data released for June showed that several "trimmed mean" inflation gauges fell to their lowest levels since the early years of the inflation surge that followed the pandemic.

International Business Times · Aug 3

The contrarian view for Fed rate cuts: Payrolls will weaken, inflation will plunge, and Kevin Warsh was 'largely performative' in his hawkishness

"He had to sound hawkish to draw a clear line between himself and the White House."

Fortune · Jun 27

Fed Chair Jerome Powell may seriously disappoint Wall Street at Jackson Hole

“It will be difficult for policymakers to tease out one-off tariff effects from longer-lasting inflationary pressures.”

Fortune · Aug 17, 2025

With interest rate hikes in Jerome Powell’s rearview mirror, Wall Street starts a new guessing game: Timing when the Fed will cut

With Powell touting “progress” on inflation, the Fed predicted three rate hikes next year—but many on Wall Street see four or even five.

Fortune · Dec 14, 2023

‘The death of this economy was greatly exaggerated’: Initial jobless claims just fell to their lowest level since February, increasing the odds of a soft landing

Strong initial claims data is evidence that a recession in 2023 is looking less likely, many economists say.

Fortune · Sep 7, 2023