The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will leave a key interest rate unchanged for the second consecutive ...

The discount rate is the rate depository institutions pay when they borrow directly from the Federal Reserve. What is the Fed prime rate today? The federal funds rate affects the prime rate ...

Here’s a closer look at the historical Fed interest rate over the past 50 years and how it compares to today. Understanding the prime rate: The interest rate that banks charge their best ...

The Fed is set to hold interest rates steady, but with inflation rising amid a slowing economy, it could lower its forecast ...

Returns on savings accounts, interest-bearing checking accounts and CDs typically track the prime rate, which in turn tracks the federal funds rate. When the prime rate goes up, you can expect CD ...

The Fed is seen cutting rates again by midyear, while Hong Kong banks may lower the prime rate by 0.125 percentage points ...

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said he expected interest rates to be "a fair bit lower" in 12-18 ...

Follow live coverage of the FOMC's March interest-rate announcement and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference.

Even though the central bank held rates steady at the last few meetings, average annual percentage rates have eased. The ...

The Federal Reserve took a wait-and-see approach to an uncertain US economy Wednesday, opting to leave interest rates unchanged at the close of its March meeting. That decision leaves the ...

The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year, though more policymakers forecast fewer cuts ...

Don’t expect the Federal Reserve to provide it. With the Fed expected to hold its key interest rate steady at the end of a two-day meeting Wednesday, the drama will center on the number of rate ...