The Fed Is Meeting on Interest Rates Next Week. Here's How We Think Savings and CD Rates Will React.
Next week's Fed rate announcement could impact how much you can earn on savings accounts and CDs going forward. Here's what ...
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Understanding The Federal Funds Rate
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 ...
Federal Reserve is likely to hold interest rates steady next week. But some consumer loans are getting cheaper.
Although inflation receded last month, an escalating trade war threatens to cause prices to rise on a wide range of consumer ...
Fed preview: Aiming for stability
The Fed is inarguably navigating uncertain waters, but with hard data signalling little reason for concern, we doubt Powell ...
Fed’s Bowman Says Economy’s Neutral Rate Higher Since Covid
Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said the neutral level for the central bank’s policy rate had likely risen since the ...
Why 2025 Could Be A Very Boring Year For The Fed
Making a chart of the federal funds rate in 2025 might turn out to be the easiest job in finance. As inflation stays stubbornly high and jobs hold steady, the financial markets are pricing in a good ...
JPMorgan expects no change in Fed funds rate target next week
JPMorgan says the firm and consensus look for no change in the Fed funds rate target of 4.25%-4.5% at the conclusion of next week’s FOMC ...
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When will interest rates go down again?
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 ...
American Banker14d
Small inflation uptick leaves Fed waiting for signal to move
"Going forward, in considering the appropriate federal funds rate, we will watch these developments ... Hammack noted that for years following the global financial crisis, the neutral rate — the point ...
NBC New York19d
The Fed is stuck in neutral as it watches how Trump's policies play out
With an abundance of unknowns swirling through the economy and the halls of Washington, the only gear the central bank really can be in these days is neutral ... of the fed funds rate between ...
Morningstar23d
Fed officials worry about inflation sparked by Trump's tariffs and economic plans
At the end of their January meeting, Fed officials voted unanimously to hold the target range for the federal funds rate ... range of interest rates was already close to neutral.
MarketWatch23d
Minutes show a 'few' Fed officials didn't see much more room for interest-rate cuts
The minutes noted that "a few" officials believed the current 4.25%-4.5% target range of the federal funds rate "may not be far above its neutral level." To achieve a soft landing, the central ...