The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm that the Federal Reserve has made a lot of progress on inflation.

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve left it's key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, staying firmly in "wait and see" ...

The Federal Reserve was expected to leave interest rates unchanged Wednesday as it continued to assess the impact of ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations ... this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions ...

The rate has stayed above 4% for more than two years as the Fed has aimed to lower inflation by keeping borrowing costs high.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. After climbing for the past couple of years, CD rates have been slowly declining in 2024. CD rates tend to track the federal funds rate.

Investors were bracing for a clear sign of tariff-related pricing pressure in the April consumer inflation report, but ...

When the Fed adjusts its federal funds rate, it sets off a domino effect that spreads through the stock market. Fed rate changes affect corporate borrowing costs and profits, shifting how ...

But it still faces the prospect of worsening inflation, even as Trump pressures monetary policymakers at the Fed to cut rates to buoy the economy. The central bank’s federal funds rate was ...