ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW | | | | | | Daniel de Visé | Personal Finance Reporter
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My colleague, Jim Sergent, woke up on April 1 and noticed an email from Tesla on his phone: What? Free self-driving mode on his Model Y for the entire month? |
As it was April Fool's Day, Jim guessed Elon Musk was playing a joke on Tesla drivers. He'd hop in the car, fire up the feature and trigger a video on the center screen of Musk wagging his finger and laughing. |
But no, Musk was good to his word. |
Fed passes on interest-rate cuts, again |
The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady again Wednesday and gave no signal that it plans to lower it anytime soon, following a resurgence of inflation early this year. |
In a statement after a two-day meeting, the Fed pointedly said: "In recent months, there has been a lack of further progress toward the (Fed's) 2 percent inflation objective." |
Concerns about persistent inflation suggest the Fed likely won't be prepared to cut rates for at least a few months, if not longer. |
How will this affect the stock market? Mortgage rates? The economy? |
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