Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions since 1990. The federal funds rate is the ...

Throughout history, the Fed’s key rate has been as high as 19-20 percent and as low as 0-0.25 percent. The Fed's decisions on ...

Steve Chiavarone, head of multi-asset solutions at Federated Hermes, crystalized the market’s view of where the Federal ...

David Gregory is an editor with more than a decade of experience in the financial services industry. Before that, he worked as a child and family therapist until he made the decision to move ...

If recession is avoided, history suggests that equities can extend their recent rally. Since 1985, five of the best 10 years for the S&P 500 came when the Fed was cutting interest rates without ...

President Donald Trump spoke with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, the first in-person meeting between the ...

The Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged Wednesday, choosing caution as President Trump’s trade upheaval rattles markets and clouds the outlook for inflation and growth.

The U.S. Federal Reserve should cut interest rates by a full percentage point, President Donald Trump said on Friday as he ...

After the March meeting, the next scheduled meeting for the Fed's policy committee is May 6 and May 7. Time for some interest rate history here. We've had a long saga of rate hikes — and a few ...

The Federal Reserve’s key borrowing benchmark is currently in a target range of 4.25-4.5 percent, the highest since 2007. The Fed’s monetary policy has shifted significantly over the years ...