China’s central bank injected massive liquidity into the market at the end of 2024 without using high-profile stimulus, as officials preserve policy space before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to office.

The 19-year period of Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell has been especially harmful. Its interest rate actions significantly disrupted capitalism's key strength: the capital markets' pricing process (interest rate determination) between capital providers and users.

The Federal Reserve’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee will rotate four new voting members onto the board for next year, with three seen as hawks.  The new 2025 voting members will include Boston Fed President Susan Collins,

The December 2024 economic projections from the central bank show significant changes from the September figures. They indicate rising inflation and potential impact.

The U.S. Federal Reserve has issued their final rate cut of 2024, saying that what happens next year will depend on the actions and policies of the incoming Trump administration. Some at the reserve has signaled that the rate cuts will slow down as business leaders say inflation is not coming down enough.

Joseph Sternberg wonders what the Federal Reserve is thinking (“Does the Fed Even Know What It’s Trying to Do?” Political Economics, Dec. 20). The problem is that the Fed believes it knows what it is doing, even when it is off the mark. Fake ...

Analysis of the Federal Reserve's recent rate cuts and cautious approach towards future economic policies in response to President-elect Trump's impact.

The Federal Reserve sets the federal funds target rate, also known as the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select ...

For the second week in a row, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose in the United States, reaching its highest since mid-July.

The Fed cited indicators of an expanding economy and an easing labor market after its other rate cuts. This is the third time rates have been cut this year, but economists don’t expect as many cuts in 2025.

An inflation gauge that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month in a sign that price pressures cooled after two months of sharp gains.

Indexes rose after a broad sell-off on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve back rate-cut expectations at its policy meeting. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday but projected only ...