Improved data on borrowing costs and price growth has buoyed consumers, but it might be coming too late to significantly affect the presidential race.
He has suggested that presidents should “have a say” on interest rates, though he later walked the comment back.
Fed officials kicked off rate cuts with a half-point reduction, confident that inflation is cooling and eager to keep the job market strong.
The central issue in the election is how to correct the economy’s deep imbalances.
A Cal Fire employee was arrested Friday on suspicion of starting several blazes in Sonoma County.
The attack, which Lebanese officials said killed at least 14 and injured more than 60, stoked fears Israel is driving toward a full-blown war on its northern border, even as the fight in Gaza goes on.