Key Takeaways It would be a huge surprise to financial markets if the Federal Reserve did anything other than hold its ...

CD rates tend to track the federal funds rate. When the fed rate goes down, CD rates decline, and vice versa. The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady for nearly a year but made its ...

The Federal Reserve will hold its first policy meeting of the year on Jan. 28 and 29, where it is widely expected to keep ...

Could CD interest rates decline again this month? Here's what savers should consider before the January Fed meeting.

Both voted for the Fed's December decision to trim its key short-term Federal Funds Rate to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. In summer 2023, the rate was 5.25% to 5.5%. However, long-term bond yields ...

The Fed's interest-rate-cutting cycle is likely over after the December jobs report, BofA says.

The Federal Reserve's first meeting of 2025 in the coming week stands to test the resurgence in U.S. stocks as investors ...

After recently shooting up to the most expensive level since May, rates on 30-year loans have fallen considerably the last ...

The fed funds rate determines how much financial institutions ... with nonfarm jobs soaring by 256,000 — far above the 160,000 forecast by Reuters' poll of economists Since the Fed typically ...

"CD rates are directly influenced by the federal funds rate," says Ryan A. Hughes, founder and portfolio manager at Bull Oak. "If the Federal Reserve decides to drop these rates due to economic ...

The federal funds rate is the overnight borrowing rate ... Fannie Mae revised its mortgage rate forecast for 2024, now forecasting the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to average 6.6% in the final ...