The Federal Reserve has reduced its benchmark interest rate by 1% since September 2024, aiming to give the U.S. economy ...
Below, CNBC Select explains how and why the Federal Reserve sets this rate, and how it affects the economy, as well as your own money. Federal regulations require financial institutions to keep a ...
Financial markets are still concerned about inflation. The Fed influences short-term interest rates, which are falling, but ...
The Fed’s top bank cop, Michael Barr, is stepping down early to avoid a legal battle with Trump. If the Federal Reserve is ...
Officials are deeply worried that the incoming president's policies on immigration and trade will cause inflation to rise.
The Federal Reserve meets for its first two-day rate-setting session of 2025 on Tuesday, January 28, and Wednesday, January 29, 2025. At the end of its Federal Open Market Committee session on ...
Federal Reserve officials at their meeting Dec. 17-18 expected to dial back the pace of interest rate cuts this year in the ...