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 ...

Fed interest rate history of 2001-2010: Fed faces the dotcom bust, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis ...

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 ...

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

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

Here's a question some Fed-watchers, including the President of the United States, have asked lately: Why won't the Fed cut interest rates already? Fed Chair Jerome Powell has answers.

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

That leaves its key rate at 2%, more than 2 percentage points below the Fed’s 4.25% to 4.5% and among the largest gaps between the regions in recent memory.

Fed interest rate history of 2011-2020: The economy recovers from the Great Recession and faces the coronavirus pandemic a decade later Rate hikes 2015-2018. Meeting date. Rate change.