Consumers welcomed this change, as many experts anticipated several rounds of planned interest rate cuts would finally bring ...

The Federal Reserve sets the federal funds target rate, also known as the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select ...

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

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

One reason for this trend is Federal Reserve policy. The Fed responds to high inflation by raising the federal funds rate, ...

Rates for new 30-year loans have been wavering in an elevated range the last three weeks—and just nudged a bit higher. Rate ...

Major brokerages still expect a slower pace of interest-rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve ahead of the personal ...

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.

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

Fed-funds futures traders have lifted the likelihood that at least three interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve will be needed before year-end amid greater focus on the risks of slowing U.S.

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

A plan to target federal funds for communities with birth and marriage rates above the national average could end up ...