In their efforts to offset tax cuts and exert more control over the Federal Reserve, some U.S. legislators have lately focused attention on an otherwise obscure element of monetary policy: The Fed, ...

Donald Trump’s ever-changing tariff agenda has caused months of deep uncertainty for global markets and businesses.

SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF's small-cap focus faces risks amid macro challenges and interest rate sensitivity. See ...

The latest labor market data reinforces the central bank’s wait-and-see approach to lowering borrowing costs, despite ...

Unexpectedly solid job gains in June bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold to keep ...

The Fed can’t decree credit easy or tight, and it can’t because there’s no credit by decree in the first place. Credit is ...

At least three Federal Reserve policymakers spoke out this week in favor of holding interest rates steady for the time being, ...

Now, with the most recent CPI reading (for May 2025) coming in at an annualized rate of just 2.4%, the Fed has penciled in ...

While Fed rate decisions influence what you earn on savings, the type of bank and account you choose matters more than actual rate changes, making it important to pick high-yield options that respond ...

The central bank on Wednesday said it will maintain the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%. The rate has remained at that level since President Trump took office in January.

The fed funds rate has been up and down in recent years as the central bank has tried to keep the economy on steady footing through the upheavals of the pandemic era. The Fed initially responded ...

Fed Meeting Lowers Estimates, Keeps Rates the Same Today’s anticipated result from the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of no movement on the 4.25-4.50% Fed funds rate for the ...