The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis ...

Trading in fed funds futures hit record levels in 2025 as investors navigated a year of shifting monetary policy expectations ...

A little recent history here: The Federal Reserve jacked up its benchmark interest rate — the federal funds rate — back in 2022 and 2023, to a high of 5.25-5.5%, in a bid to fight rampant pandemic-era ...

The Federal Reserve delivered Wall Street the holiday gift of a rate cut late last year, but policymakers seem to think ...

The Federal Reserve delivered Wall Street the holiday gift of a rate cut late last year, but policymakers seem to think that’s sufficient for the time being. Expert projections show that the most ...

President Trump may be able to appoint a loyalist to chair the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, but that hardly guarantees he will get lower interest rates that boost the economy. The Fed can set ...

Traders in the fed-funds futures market were pricing in two potential interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve next year, after the Fed announced its decision Wednesday to lower its benchmark rate by ...