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[hfe_template id='11223'] [ad_1] The U.S. central bank's fight to return inflation to its 2% target may take longer than expected to complete and limit how far interest rates can be cut, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said on Wednesday. In an interview with Reuters, Barkin said he supported the half-percentage-point rate cut the Fed approved last month and agreed the benchmark rate could fall perhaps by another half a percentage point by the end of this year to take account of how far inflation has declined. But he said he was concerned inflation could prove sticky next year and prevent the Fed from cutting rates as far as investors and some of his colleagues expect, with the benchmark rate potentially being held short of the "neutral" level many policymakers expect to reach. Beyond the next few months and into the second half of 2025, "I'm more concerned about inflation than I am about the labor market," Barkin said, with a...

[hfe_template id='11223'] [ad_1] Economic fears are roiling Wall Street, as worries grow that the Federal Reserve may have left interest rates elevated for too long, allowing them to hurt U.S. growth. Alarming economic data in recent days have deepened those concerns. U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July, a Friday report showed, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.3%, heightening fears that a deteriorating labor market could make the economy vulnerable to a recession. The jobs report exacerbated a selloff in stocks that began on Thursday, when data showing weakness in the labor market and manufacturing sector pushed investors to dump everything from chip stocks to industrials while piling into defensive plays. Richly valued tech stocks tumbled further on Friday, extending losses in the Nasdaq Composite to more than 10% from a record closing high reached in July. The benchmark S&P 500 index has slid 5.7% from its July peak. "This is what a g...