Maybe you only think about the Federal Reserve when interest rate decisions make headlines. However, the Fed does much more than that. The Federal Reserve acts as a bank to banks. It holds bank ...

Interest expenses outpaced interest income for the second straight year, though the losses were smaller than the previous ...

There’s no cocktail a central banker hates more than high unemployment mixed with high inflation. That cocktail, also known as stagflation, was in the limelight after the Federal Reserve’s March ...

The Federal Reserve has a playbook for fighting inflation, and another for boosting the economy when unemployment is rising.

The Federal Reserve meets for its second two-day rate-setting session of 2025 on Tuesday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 7, 2025. At the end of its Federal Open Market Committee session on March 19 ...

President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve Board to "do the right thing" and give him the lower interest rates he'd ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell cites "high uncertainty" around the impact of Trump administration tariffs on key trading partners.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at the end of its two-day meeting on March 19. Although the central bank is on ...

While the Fed does not set mortgage rates, its decision has a direct impact on them. As of March 13, the latest data made ...

When the FOMC meets next week, members will have more to consider than inflation rate targets and the job situation. See why ...

The Federal Reserve, often referred to as “the Fed,” is the central bank of the United States. The Federal Reserve exists to create control over the United States monetary system. It was ...