posts tagged: fed interest rate cut october 2010

The economic stars now appear to be aligning despite weak U.S. economic growth in early 2016, two policymakers say. (more…)

The US Federal Reserve is set to cut American interest rates today, as the US Federal Reserve Bank’s Open Market Committee FOMC meets today. How much will they cut the Fed’s benchmark interest rate? Analysts predict a cut of 25 basis points from the current…

A Pentagon investigation concluded in 2010 that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit, and after an initial flurry of searching the military decided not to exert extraordinary efforts to rescue him, according to a former senior defense official who was involved in…

A new analysis of Hubble surveys, combined with simulations of galaxy interactions, reveals that the merger rate of galaxies over the last 8 billion to 9 billion years falls between the previous estimates. (more…)

The Federal Reserve today cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time in four years, starting with an aggressive 50 basis points move to 4.75 %. Oil soared to fresh record highs in New York, Wall Street soared on the news as well, at…

Wall Street jumps after rate cut. The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates as expected to 4.50 percent. The Dow rose after the decision, as well as the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index. The dollar moved to a new all-time low…

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc intends to introduce its latest line-up of iPads on October 22, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources familiar with the company's plans as saying, meaning Apple would be updating its tablets in time for holiday shopping. New versions of the…

AllThingsD is confirming that Apple will unveil a seven-inch "iPad Mini" in October, following the September launch of the next-generation iPhone. (more…)

Something the market once feared was a mistake could give the Fed more power to boost the economy. mentary from Chairman Jerome Powell in the March FOMC meeting can make or break the case for rate cuts. Kudlow calls for one-half point A top Trump administration official is calling on the eral Reserve to its key by a half-percentage point. The left its benchmark unchanged at its first meeting of 2019, a decision that was widely expected. What surprised markets was the indication that s, which are in a range of Tags: signals, interest, How to Play the Fed’s The betting in the financial markets has shifted from further - hikes by the eral Reserve to a possible by early 2020. That’s the message from the futures and options markets Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the eral Reserve, said the central bank should immediately s by half a Stephen Moore, a prospective presidential nominee to an open seat on the Board, also weighed in on Friday. He told Fox News that he would consider reversing the ’s December