President Donald Trump could be setting up Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a 'scapegoat' if a recession hits, according to an MSU ...

The Fed is currently neutral on interest rates but could resume cuts later this year. If you're house hunting, here's how ...

Tuesday's below-consensus data on consumer sentiment and job openings have traders slightly boosting their expectations for multiple interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve by December. Fed-funds ...

Here's how the Fed's rate hike affects specifically credit card APRs, plus how you can avoid being impacted too much. The Fed controls what's called the federal funds rate, or the interest rate ...

Rate cuts are on pause for now, but we think that’s only temporary. We expect a further 2 percentage points in cuts to the federal-funds rate by first-half 2027, bringing it to a target range of ...

The volatile market environment due to the trade war can create opportunities for long-term investors, especially in ...

CD rates tend to track the federal funds rate. When the fed rate goes down, CD rates decline, and vice versa. The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady for nearly a year but made its ...

But compared to a few months ago, CD rates are actually down. That's because as inflation gets further under control, the Federal Reserve has adjusted its policy, reducing its federal funds rate ...

Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades as an executive, leading multi-billion dollar mortgage, credit card, and savings portfolios with operations ...

"HELOCs are based on the prime rate. So when the Fed moves the federal funds rate, the prime rate also moves in lockstep with the federal funds rate," says Melissa Cohn, regional vice president at ...

He wrote in an essay that, quote, "In my view, the hurdle to change the federal funds rate one way or the other has increased due to tariffs. Given the paramount importance of keeping long-run ...

The Fed's job is to keep inflation low and unemployment high. Its primary tool, the federal funds rate, influences borrowing costs for all kinds of loans. The Fed can boost the economy by lowering ...