U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting Sept. 17 at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo)
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve, goaded by the risk of rising unemployment, reduced interest rates on Sept. 17 for the first time since December and indicated more cuts would follow to halt any slide in a labor market already experiencing higher joblessness among Blacks, a declining workweek and ot...
