After three interest rate cuts last year, the Fed is pausing to consider its next move. Which may once again be no move at all. Here's what you need to know about the federal funds rate — and ...

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 ...

After three cuts at the end of last year, Federal Reserve officials paused rate moves as they weigh a solid economy and ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its January meeting following three consecutive rate cuts amid uncertainty ...

The Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged in its first policy meeting since President Trump's ...

Even so, the federal funds rate remains the highest since 2007, according to a Bankrate analysis of historic Fed moves. The ultimate question next is how much more the Fed could cut interest rates ...

The Federal Reserve began the new year by keeping the federal funds rate steady at a range of ... Part of that is explained by uncertainty in Washington and across the world.

Starting in September, the FOMC lowered the federal funds rate three times in late 2024, ending the year with a target range of 4.25% to 4.50%. That flurry of activity, however, was preceded by 14 ...

While in the past Trump has implored the Fed to cut its benchmark rate, Bessent said the current strategy is using the levers ...

The central bank’s decision to pause at its first meeting of 2025 followed a series of cuts that began in September to ...

as Morningstar equity analyst Michael Miller recently explained. Credit card rates tend to be variable, and are closely tied to the federal-funds rate—the interest rate banks use to borrow or ...

The Federal Reserve kept its thumb squarely on the pause button at this week’s meeting. That’s good news for your bank accounts, since another rate cut would probably mean a lower return on ...