The Federal Reserve, a government agency responsible for keeping the American economy stable, sets the federal funds rate. This is a range of interest rates that banks charge to lend money to one ...

Even after recent economic data from January on consumer prices and the labor market, investors still largely expect the ...

Learn how Federal Reserve rate hikes and cuts influence savings account APY, current Fed rate data and how to maximize your earnings. Read on for more: ...

The Federal Reserve concluded its last meeting of the year with a widely anticipated 25 basis point cut to the federal funds rate (FFR), bringing it to a range of 3.50-3.75%. Inflation has proven ...

After the Federal Reserve's rate cuts last year, it's still uncertain how restrictive the central bank's current 3.50%-3.75% ...

The Fed cut rates again, easing borrowing but squeezing savers. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take certain actions on ...

The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, voted to lower its federal funds rate—the interest rate that banks charge each other to borrow overnight and the cost of credit—by 25 basis ...

Here’s how the central bank’s latest cut will affect loans, savings accounts and investments—and what financial moves to consider Written By Written by Staff Money Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Molly Grace ...

Wednesday's decision to reduce the benchmark federal-funds rate by a quarter point—to between 3.5% and 3.75%, a three-year low—is aimed at protecting against a sharper-than-anticipated slowdown in ...

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said on Tuesday that she expects the U.S. economy to strengthen this year, and with it, ...