Ah, the Federal Reserve ... for retirees relying on fixed-income investments. If you were counting on bond yields to fund your annual indulgence at Turtle Beach Grill, low rates might make ...

Generally, when inflation is high and the economy is in overdrive, the Fed tries to pump the brakes by setting higher ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations ... this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions ...

When the Fed adjusts its federal funds rate, it sets off a domino effect that spreads through ... for financial literacy to simplify complex retirement, banking and credit topics.

Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.

However, the rounding effects play ... inflation rates have certainly helped the Fed to ease policy. Although the Fed has only cut by 100 basis points, the real Fed Fund, or the Fed Funds less ...

And although the federal funds rate doesn’t affect mortgage interest rates as directly as savings or personal loan rates, it does have an influence. (More on that later.) If the economy is dry ...