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• Oct 29, 2025

  Fed cuts key rate by quarter percentage point for second time this year

  

  The move comes while official statistics on jobs, inflation, and consumer spending are stalled during the government shutdown.

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• Sep 17, 2025

  Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point, signals two more cuts this year

  

  The move is the Fed’s first cut since December.

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• Aug 1, 2025

  U.S. employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda

  

  Employers added just 73,000 jobs last month, well short of what forecasters expected. Worse, revisions shaved a stunning 258,000 jobs off May and June payrolls.

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• Jul 30, 2025

  Fed keeps rates steady, despite historic contrary votes and Trump pressure

  

  It’s the first time since 1993 that multiple FOMC members have voted against a rate decision.

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• Jul 17, 2025

  Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid

  

  The 51-48 vote came after 2 a.m. Thursday after Democrats sought to remove many of the proposed rescissions.

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• Jul 3, 2025

  The House passed Trump's tax bill. Here's what's in it.

  

  The Congressional Budget Office projects the bill would increase federal deficits over the next 10 years by nearly $3.3 trillion from 2025 to 2034.

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• Dec 18, 2024

  Fed reduces key rate by a quarter-point, envisions fewer cuts in 2025

  

  “We’re closer to the neutral rate, which is another reason to be cautious about further moves,” said Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

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• Dec 11, 2024

  Albertsons gives up on Kroger merger, sues the grocery chain for failing to secure deal

  

  Albertsons is giving up on its merger with Kroger and it is suing the grocery chain, saying it didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval for the $24.6 billion agreement.

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• Nov 7, 2024

  Federal Reserve cuts its key interest rate by a quarter-point amid postelection uncertainty

  

  The rate cut follows a larger half-point reduction in September.

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• Nov 6, 2024

  Donald Trump wins the White House

  

  With a win in Wisconsin, former President Donald Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.

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