The Douglas County School District is facing a budget deficit for fiscal year 2025 to 2026.
It would be the third cut in a row and bring the Fed's key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years.
Job openings have come down steadily since peaking at a record 12.1 million in March 2022.
For now, the U.S. job market appears stuck in a “low-hire, low-fire” state that has kept the unemployment rate historically low.
The Labor Department also said Thursday that the unemployment rate rose to 4.4% from 4.3% in August.
Past due balances to utility companies jumped 9.7% annually to $789 between the April-June periods of 2024 and 2025.
Wednesday's decision brings the Fed's key rate down to about 3.9%, from about 4.1%.
The report on the consumer price index was issued more than a week late because of the government shutdown, now in its fourth week.
With interest rates down almost an entire percent since the start of the year, the northern Nevada housing market has reached some form of stability after years of fluctuations.
The delayed COLA announcement comes as the national social insurance plan faces a severe financial shortfall in the coming years.