The U.S. Federal Reserve has a dual mandate. First, it's tasked with keeping inflation under control, which means ensuring ...

If the Federal Reserve cuts its benchmark rate this year, it will push savings and CD rates lower. Here's what the central ...

Rates for new 30-year loans have been wavering in a narrow elevated range over the last two-plus weeks. Rate movement was ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell cites "high uncertainty" around the impact of Trump administration tariffs on key trading partners.

The central bank penciled in two rate cuts for 2025, but President Trump’s sweeping agenda has injected “remarkably high” ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at the end of its two-day meeting on March 19. Although the central bank is on ...

Another rate cut may be on the agenda this year, but the Fed is surveying the economy before making its next move. Here's what you need to know about the federal funds rate — and why it matters.

Although inflation receded last month, an escalating trade war threatens to cause prices to rise on a wide range of consumer ...

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 ...

Keeping up with weekly housing market trends can help you make an informed decision — but if you can find a house that works ...

With interest rates remaining frozen, interested home equity borrowers may want to make these three moves now.