President Donald Trump could be setting up Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a 'scapegoat' if a recession hits, according to an MSU ...

RNP carries a portfolio that is roughly split evenly 50/50 between common and fixed-income positions. RNP has been the best ...

A peculiarity of the tax code gives fund investors an advantage over bond investors. Say a bond comes out at par and sinks to ...

FEMA announced the cancellation of a grant that helps communities prepare for natural disasters. Rancho Palos Verdes planned ...

CD rates are a product of their economic times, and we're currently in a rosy period. At other times in history, CD rates ...

The Fed chair signaled the central bank will stand pat on borrowing costs despite President Trump’s trade fight. Investors ...

For example, from January through April 2008, the Fed cut the federal funds rate—its main interest rate for adjusting monetary policy—several times, concerned with a slowing economy and rising ...

Here's how the Fed's rate hike affects specifically credit card APRs, plus how you can avoid being impacted too much. The Fed controls what's called the federal funds rate, or the interest rate ...

Fed officials maintain a cautious stance on rate cuts amid trade-related inflation risks and market volatility.

“The hurdle to change the federal funds rate one way or the other has increased due to tariffs.” Chair Jerome Powell said Friday the central bank doesn’t need to be in a hurry to make any ...

However, the Federal Reserve aimed to implement a restrictive policy by maintaining the Fed Funds rate above the inflation growth rate for an extended period. This approach is intended to soften ...

which is tied to the level of the federal funds rate. The drawdown of the Fed’s balance sheet has taken central bank holdings from a peak of $9 trillion in 2022 to the current level of $6.8 ...