The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis ...

A little recent history here: The Federal Reserve jacked up its benchmark interest rate — the federal funds rate — back in 2022 and 2023, to a high of 5.25-5.5%, in a bid to fight rampant pandemic-era ...

Paulson will have a vote this year on the interest-rate setting Federal Open Market Committee. Last year the FOMC trimmed its ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, bringing the federal funds rate to its lowest level in more than three years. The reduction lowers the ...

Government shutdown, sticky inflation, and missing data add risks. What would be this year’s October Surprise at the Federal Reserve? If the Fed doesn’t cut interest rates at its Oct. 28-29 meeting.

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second time in 2025 last week, though one member of the central bank's monetary policy committee voted against cutting rates, citing concerns over ...

The minutes of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting last month show that the path for interest rate cuts in December and early next year is far from certain. Policymakers on the Federal Open Market ...

Expectations are mixed on the outlook for more rate cuts by the Fed in 2026. The outlook is more favorable for resuming cuts ...

The Federal Reserve cut rates again at its October meeting. Here’s how it could impact your finances Written By Written by Staff Money Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Molly Grace is a staff money writer at Buy ...

Just a few weeks ago, a December interest rate cut was viewed as practically a done deal by many economists. Now, with fresh government data showing solid U.S. job growth in September, many ...

If you've been paying attention to chatter about interest rates in recent years, you've probably come across the term "federal funds rate" – or just "fed funds rate" for short. But what exactly is the ...

The neutral rate—the interest rate at which monetary policy is neither accommodative nor restrictive—is a theoretical concept that cannot be directly observed, only estimated. The neutral rate is an ...