The Federal Reserve is likely to lower the FFR at the next meeting due to declining GDP, bond rates, and stock market ...

Cooler inflation last month leaves the door open for the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates by mid-year, but the central bank remains worried that U.S. tariff hikes could rekindle price ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday signaled potential changes for the Fed's closely watched "dot plot" ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday will address Congress for the first time in his second term, and he’ll do with an economy ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The federal funds rate is one of the Federal Reserve’s key tools for guiding U.S. monetary policy. It impacts everything from the ...

as speculation grows about the likelihood they will lower the federal funds rate, the benchmark lenders use to determine the cost of borrowing. Having held back during several previous meetings ...

When the Fed cuts interest rates, variable rate credit cards are affected in a similar way. That's because card issuers base interest rates off the prime rate, which is directly influenced by the ...

Bostic also said he still thinks the Fed’s benchmark policy rate is high enough to bring inflation down. "We couldn't wait until we got all the way to 2% to start reducing our rate. What we have ...

One influential Fed governor made clear on Monday ... suggesting instead that fresh interest rate cuts are still in play this year. “My base-line view is that any imposition of tariffs will ...