U.S. interest rates look too high, relative to inflation. A compelling argument can be made that U.S. interest rates are higher than they “should” be relative to inflation. The implication of ...

Investors are nearly unanimous in expecting the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold Wednesday, in a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. Here's how the central bank has steered policy since the turn of ...

Now, with the most recent CPI reading (for May 2025) coming in at an annualized rate of just 2.4%, the Fed has penciled in ...

In fact, for most of the 1980s, the Fed didn’t even use the federal funds rate to set interest rate policy. Still, when the Fed cuts interest rates, it’s usually for one reason: to get the ...

Treasury yield, which ended Friday at 4.83%, has been showing a pattern that’s not exactly according to plan. Click to read.

At least three Federal Reserve policymakers spoke out this week in favor of holding interest rates steady for the time being, ...

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt read a fiery letter from President Trump directly to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday, lambasting the central ...

The Fed also forecasted two quarter-point interest-rate cuts over the remainder of 2025, carrying over a prediction issued in ...

It might help to think that if U.S. President Donald Trump hadn’t introduced tariffs, his other policies could have also ...

The Federal Reserve will continue to wait and see how the economy evolves before deciding whether to reduce its key interest ...