The federal funds rate is a benchmark that influences other interest rates throughout the economy. The Federal Reserve ...

After an all-out fight against inflation over the past two years, the Federal Reserve recently voted to lower interest rates ...

Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. In the ...

Donald Trump has argued that the Fed would only cut interest rates close to the election to help his political opponents.

The U.S. central bank's decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point leaves open the risk of a resurgence in ...

President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation ...

In the short term, the reduction will lead to slightly lower interest rates on mortgages, auto loans, and credit card debt.

On Wednesday, the Fed became the latest major central bank to reduce borrowing costs, cutting its main interest by half of a ...

Don't expect an immediate impact from the Fed cutting interest rates. But that doesn't mean you can't start planning now.

Before Wednesday’s cut, US rates had been at their highest since 2001 as the Fed sought to bring down inflation from the ...

U.S. stocks roared higher Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average topping the 42,000 milestone for the first time and ...

The Federal Reserve will begin a rate-cutting path, as soon as Sept. 18. Inflation and the economy remain hot topics in the ...