It ensures the stability of our financial markets. It regulates financial institutions. The Federal Reserve operates under a mandate from Congress to “promote effectively the goals of maximum ...

The Federal Reserve has three main objectives: maximize employment, stabilize prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. Learn how the Fed’s role has expanded since it was established in 1913.

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point in response to a steady decline in once-high inflation that ...

The Federal Reserve on Thursday made its second rate cut of this year, with the decision coming less than two months after the central bank's surprise jumbo cut in September. The Fed shaved ...

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates on Thursday by a quarter of a percentage point, its second consecutive rate cut this year, as inflation continues to cool.

That’s because, as one former Federal Reserve chair famously said, central bankers’ job is to remove the punchbowl right when the party is just getting started. Said differently, they have to ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I show you how to save and invest. Markets expect the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) to raise rates again on February 1, 2023, probably by 0.25 ...

On Sept. 18, 2024, the Federal Reserve cut rates for the first time in over four years, lowering the target federal funds range by half a percentage point, or 50 basis points, to 4.75% to 5.00%.

Nov. 6 (UPI) --Prognosticators anticipate the Federal Reserve on Thursday will announce a second rate cut after lowering the federal lending rate by 0.5% in September. The expected rate cut would ...

For the first time in four years, the Federal Reserve's benchmark, short-term rate was scaled back by a half percentage point. The previous 23-year high remained stagnant since July 2023 until ...

The Federal Reserve meets for its eighth and final two-day rate-setting session of 2024 on Tuesday, December 17, and Wednesday, December 18, 2024. At the end of its Federal Open Market Committee ...

But maybe not the way you expect. The Federal Reserve lowered rates again but economists worry that Donald Trump’s victory could reignite inflation in 2025. The Fed is expected to cut rates ...