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 ...

After three interest rate cuts last year, the Fed is pausing to consider its next move. Which may once again be no move at all. Here's what you need to know about the federal funds rate — and ...

The S&P 500 (SPX) is slipping today following the results from the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ...

Federal-funds futures were indicating Friday morning that the Federal Reserve will likely continue to pause its interest-rate-cutting cycle at its policy meeting in March, as traders assessed the ...

Starting in September, the FOMC lowered the federal funds rate three times in late 2024, ending the year with a target range of 4.25% to 4.50%. That flurry of activity, however, was preceded by 14 ...

The Fed said it will maintain the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%. The decision comes after the central bank trimmed rates three times starting in September 2024 ...

The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after pausing cuts last month.

While in the past Trump has implored the Fed to cut its benchmark rate, Bessent said the current strategy is using the levers ...