The Federal Reserve reduced interest rates by a quarter percentage point ... indicating that the Fed may not continue its current trend of consecutive meeting cuts. The language, Powell said ...

All eyes will be on the "dot plot," a chart updated quarterly that shows the prediction of each Fed official about the direction of the federal funds rate. In September, as the central bank ...

In a move that many Americans have been anticipating over the last couple months, on Wednesday the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time since December 2018. The Fed ...

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve lowered its key interest rate by another quarter percentage point Wednesday but forecast a significantly slower pace of rate cuts next year following a recent ...

A Fed rate hike in 2025 may not be out of ... We use a repeated and detailed process of watching the fundamental trends, technical charts, and options trading data. The process helps isolate ...

In theory, the trend would prompt the Fed to raise rates, or at least hold them steady, when central bankers meet next week. High interest rates, after all, are the main tool the Fed has used to ...

Employers added 256,000 jobs in December despite uncertainty over President-elect Donald Trump's policies. Unemployment dipped to 4.1% ...

After a recent surge to their most expensive level since early July, 30-year mortgages ticked down Friday. Rates for most ...

Line chart showing potential vs. actual growth in U.S. GDP. Like other Fed officials ... continuing to reduce rates even as economic growth has remained above trend and the unemployment rate ...

The challenge for the Fed is that the case for cutting rates has weakened via disinflation ... as shown in the chart below. But the hawkish bias is relatively mild compared with recent history ...