Mar 6, 2025 · Monetary policy in the United States comprises the Federal Reserve's actions and communications to promote maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates--the economic goals the Congress has instructed the Federal Reserve to pursue.

Jan 30, 2024 · The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday for the fourth-straight meeting, keeping its benchmark lending rate at a 23-year high, as Wall Street eagerly awaits rate cuts sometime this...

Feb 11, 2025 · This report⁠—called the Monetary Policy Report⁠—is submitted semiannually to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and to the House Committee on Financial Services, along with testimony from the Federal Reserve Board Chair.

Nov 1, 2023 · The Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed committee that sets monetary policy, has reached unanimous policy decisions nearly every meeting this entire rate-hiking cycle that began in March...

Jan 29, 2025 · As was widely expected, the Federal Reserve held its influential fed funds rate this afternoon. Follow along with our live coverage of the Fed meeting below. After the committee's interest rate...

5 days ago · Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Thursday he leans strongly against a rate cut at the Fed's upcoming policy meeting this month, although he reckons cuts later in the year...

Nov 7, 2024 · As of Wednesday, Wall Street traders were nearly unanimous that the Fed would cut the federal funds rate, which acts as a benchmark for other borrowing rates in the economy, by a quarter-point.

Feb 11, 2025 · How low will UK interest rates go? What’s up with bond yields? What size and shape should they be? Central banks are divided.

Aug 18, 2022 · Monetary policy Asian shares lower as strong data hit hopes for dovish Fed Stocks are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street pulled back as surprisingly strong economic reports highlighted the difficulty of the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation.

Mar 5, 2025 · The Federal Reserve has been reducing the size of its balance sheet for 33 months, or almost three years, consistent with the plans the FOMC issued in May 2022 to implement monetary policy efficiently and effectively in an ample reserves regime (Panels 1 and 2). 3 And the process has been going smoothly.