These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are starting the year elevated, but they're expected to go ...

The U.S. central bank's benchmark policy rate should stay restrictive until it is more certain that inflation is returning to ...

The 19-year period of Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell has been especially harmful. Its interest rate actions ...

Inflation has been chipped away at in the past year, but it’s never a good idea to expect it’ll stay under control forever.

The December 2024 economic projections from the central bank show significant changes from the September figures. They ...

An inflation gauge that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month in a sign that price pressures ...

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 ...

The Federal Reserve did what many thought it couldn ... using elevated interest rates to nudge inflation lower without triggering a US recession. Unemployment rose but never got out of control.

The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates last week has ... new and unpleasant uncertainty about its intentions for the economy and for controlling inflation. There were no such ...

Former President Jimmy Carter's complicated legacy suffered from high inflation and interest rates. His nomination of Paul Volcker as chair of the Federal Reserve is credited for a long-term ...

The Federal Reserve is focused on keeping the inflation rate to an average 2% — a rate it’s determined as ideal for keeping employment high and prices low. A 2% inflation rate means that the ...

Joseph Sternberg wonders what the Federal Reserve is thinking (“Does the Fed Even Know What ... After nearly four years of ...