As the Fed currently endeavors to wind down inflation without causing a recession, it is useful to see how and why it acted in the past. Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide ...

The Federal Reserve could start raising the cost to borrow money as early as June if historical averages are any guide, ...

While still elevated compared to recent history, the best savings account yields dropped as a result. The Fed began 2025, though, by keeping interest rates unchanged, and is only expect to pare ...

The central bank’s decision to pause at its first meeting of 2025 followed a series of cuts that began in September to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home where a strong ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will tell the Senate banking committee the Fed isn't "in a hurry" to resume its interest rate cutting campaign.

The FOMC held rates where they were at its first meeting of 2025 on Jan. 29. After three interest rate cuts last year, the Fed is pausing to consider its next move. Which may once again be no move ...

WASHINGTON — After three successive interest rate cuts, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday made no change in its benchmark ...