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 ...

Trump dust-ups, but on the bigger economic news lurking on the bank’s balance sheet.

The Federal Reserve’s key borrowing benchmark is currently ... the past can often be a guide. History, for example, shows that the Fed’s goal of “softly landing” the U.S. economy ...

The Federal Reserve ran an operating loss of $77.6 billion last year, the second straight year of large losses. The results ...

The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates ...

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 ...

The S&P 500 snapped a month-long losing streak on Friday after the lack of major tariff news and a dovish stance from the ...

The Dual Mandate and the Balance of Risks, Federal Reserve. Accessed April 29, 2024. The History and Future of the Federal Reserve’s 2 Percent Target Rate of Inflation, Council on Foreign Relations.

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

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will leave a key interest rate unchanged for the second consecutive ...

The Trump administration’s tariffs most likely mean “further progress may be delayed” on getting inflation back to the ...