The federal funds rate is the main lever the Federal Reserve uses to manage the economy. In keeping with its mandate, the Fed prefers inflation to rise by 2% and for the labor market to be as ...

Officials are debating when to restart interest rate cuts, as high prices linger and Trump’s policies add to economic ...

Federal Reserve officials are taking note of what they see as rising inflation risks and the uncertain impact of President ...

Treasury yield is more than 1% below the Fed funds rate, the Fed tends to cut rates soon after. Read what investors need to know.

The hotter-than-expected January CPI data will make the Federal Reserve more cautious about inflation ... Traders in federal-funds futures now expect only one quarter-point rate cut this year ...

Here's why. The federal funds rate is a key tool used by the Federal Reserve to keep the economy running smoothly and manage inflation. Here’s a closer look at the historical Fed interest rate ...

Traders in the federal-funds futures market on Wednesday morning pushed back their expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut its benchmark interest rate to the fourth quarter of 2025, after weighing ...

After raising the federal funds rate to a 23-year high to curb a pandemic-related price surge in 2022 and 2023, the Fed slashed it as its preferred annual inflation measure fell from 5.6% in early ...