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Learn what Powell’s remarks mean for your credit cards, next mortgage, and savings strategy.

Anyone hoping to refinance their mortgage or land a cheaper car loan this summer may be disappointed. During recent testimony before Congress, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell downplayed the likelihood of rate cuts, citing tariff-driven inflation concerns, according to Reuters. While some Fed officials had floated a July cut, Powell told lawmakers there’s no urgency to ease borrowing costs.
