WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to cut short-term rates in 2026, with its key interest rate settling at 3.4 ...

Federal Reserve policy committee members need to see inflation fall further before they move to cut interest rates again, ...

A rare and politically charged split is opening inside the Federal Reserve as policymakers look toward 2026. When it comes to ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell, with whom Trump has been at odds, will see his term end in May, giving Trump the power to install a ...

The December FOMC minutes show concern that short-term funding stress can emerge quietly and trigger sudden volatility. The ...

Three FOMC members dissented, with two preferring to keep the rate unchanged and one favoring a 50-bp reduction. It was the ...

In the coming months, markets will undoubtedly obsess over US President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Federal Reserve and ...

The Fed heads into 2026 divided over rate cuts as mixed economic signals and a new Trump-appointed chair test policy ...

In 2025, the US central bank had to contend with tension between its dual mandate of stable prices and maximum employment. It also had to withstand pressure from President Donald Trump for lower rates ...

Even some of those who supported the rate cut acknowledged "the decision was finely balanced or that they could have ...

The central bank faces two major hurdles early on in 2026 that will determine the extent to which it operates free of ...