Fed policymakers have said they don’t see the policy rate returning to the sub-2% levels that prevailed for more than a decade before 2022. That era’s low mortgage rates, often under 4%, aren ...

A brewing debate inside the Federal Reserve over how to address risks posed by President Trump’s tariffs threatens to end a ...

Crypto traders are eyeing rate cuts this year amid a growing standoff between President Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Recently the Federal Reserve (the Fed) made headlines by reducing its interest rate for the first time since 2020. Most analysts applauded the cut, and households — especially those looking to ...

This week, the Federal Reserve cut its influential federal fund rates by 50 basis points. That could shake up the dynamic of the housing market, though perhaps not immediately.

The Fed’s 19 policymakers projected that they will cut their benchmark rate by a quarter-point just twice in 2025, down from their estimate in September of four rate cuts.

The Federal Reserve went big with its first interest rate cut since March of 2020. The Fed announced a half-point cut in the federal funds rate, dropping to 4.875%, down from a 23-year high of 5.50%.

Average interest rates on credit cards have already surged from 16% in February 2022, before the Fed began hiking rates, to 20.71% as of last Wednesday, according to a Bankrate database.

Is the Federal Reserve suddenly open to cutting U.S. interest rates as early as July? That’s what Wall Street investors want to know when Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies before Congress this week.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve lowered the interest rate for the first time since 2020. Jeanna Smialek, a reporter covering the Federal Reserve and the U.S. economy for The New York Times ...

What A Fed Rate Cut Means For Small Businesses. The Fed’s decision to lower rates is a bet on the longer-term prospects of the economy, but one that can also help small businesses now, writes ...

Millions of would-be homeowners have been priced out of the property market since early 2022, when the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates. The looming cut may do little to help. With ...