Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions since 1990. The federal funds rate is the ...

The Federal Reserve is again leaving its benchmark interest rate at 4.25% to 4.5%, citing rising economic uncertainty.

The Fed is still sitting pat on interest rates, and it's unclear what's in store for the rest of 2025. That means you still ...

Interest rates for credit cards to mortgages jumped since the Fed began fighting inflation in 2022. Here's where experts ...

The Fed is now hemmed in by a rising risk of stagflation. It doesn‘t know where the economy is headed, or is unwilling to ...

Analysts believe that it's highly unlikely changes will occur to the federal funds rate at the May Fed meeting, according to the CME FedWatch tool. However, if the Fed does opt to lower the ...

The Fed is in a “good place to wait and see” before moving on interest rates, Powell said Wednesday. “We don't think we need ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US Treasury market is telegraphing that the Federal Reserve ought to lower ...

The Fed said it will maintain the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%, where it's been parked since the central bank last moved to lower short-term rates in December.

The Fed’s rate stance is under fire amid Trump tariffs and inflation fears, testing its independence. Find out how this could ...

The group pegs the likelihood at 97% that the Fed will maintain the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%, the same level that it's been at since December, when the central bank ...