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 ...

What the Fed rate announcement means for homebuyers, borrowers and savers.

It is unusual for the Fed to say that the risk of both higher prices and more unemployment have increased. But economists say ...

Without tariffs, economists say it’s possible the Fed would soon reduce its benchmark rate, because it is currently at a ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s ...