The S&P 500 has generally delivered double-digit returns during the 12-month period after an interest rate cut.

Rising oil and gas prices after the U.S. attack on Iran add new uncertainty to the Fed’s inflation fight and rate-cut outlook ...

At the start of 2026, Social Security benefits got a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). But even with that boost, a lot of seniors are already falling behind. Part of the problem stems from the ...

Potentially higher inflation from spiking oil prices could keep the Fed on hold this year.

The Federal Reserve left interest rates alone at its first meeting of the year, keeping borrowing costs at a multiyear high for Americans as policymakers grow more cautious about future cuts. The ...

Investors now expect that the Fed will delay a rate cut until September instead of July, as they had before the war in Iran began.

Weak U.S. jobs data, rising oil prices and Iran war tensions reshape trader bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in 2026. Fed officials remain divided.

Clearly there’s growing skepticism that a new chair can start cutting straight away, particularly with the data as strong as ...