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WATCH: Powell delivers remarks after Federal Reserve cuts key rate as government shutdown clouds economic outlook

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Fed Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that further rate cuts weren’t guaranteed, citing the government shutdown’s interruption of economic reports and sharp divisions among 19 Fed officials who participate in the central bank's interest-rate deliberations.

Shutdown delays release of Labor Department's monthly inflation report

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

The government shutdown is delaying another major economic report, leaving policymakers at the Federal Reserve with a cloudier economic picture.

Powell: Slowdown in U.S. hiring suggests economy still needs rate cuts

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Economists said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's remarks solidified expectations for further rate cuts, starting at its next meeting.

Vital economic data, including Friday's jobs report, cut off in government shutdown

By Christopher Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy.

Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now in unsigned order

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

In a brief unsigned order, the high court said it would hear arguments in January over President Donald Trump's effort to force Cook off the Fed board.

Fed's favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August, report shows

By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index was up 2.7% in August from a year earlier, a tick higher from a 2.6% year-over-year increase in July and most since February.