The Federal Reserve doesn’t need to rush to lower its benchmark interest rate, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday.

A strong economy is giving Federal Reserve officials room to move “carefully” as they lower interest rates, the central bank ...

Chair Jerome Powell says the Federal Reserve will likely cut its key interest rate slowly and deliberately in the coming ...

Indexes slipped as traders zeroed in on remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who said the central bank is in no hurry to cut ...

"The economy is not sending any signals that we need to be in a hurry to lower rates," Powell said Thursday in Dallas.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the recent performance of the US economy has been “remarkably good,” giving central ...

US central bankers began lowering borrowing costs in September with an aggressive half-percentage-point cut, and then lowered ...

Jerome Powell noted that the economy was not signaling any distress that would necessitate an accelerated pace of rate cuts.

But the pace of rate cuts “is not preset,” Powell said at a Dallas Fed event, adding that “the economy is not sending any ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell still would rather not talk about such potential Donald Trump priorities as central bank ...

Several Fed officials have said they believe the fed funds rate remains in restrictive territory and favor moving gradually ...

While speaking in Dallas on Thursday, Powell said economic growth will allow the Fed to tread carefully before making any rate cuts.