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The funds rate is tied to the cost of borrowing money for consumers, investors, and businesses. The Federal Open Meeting Committee said June 18 it would keep the Federal Funds Rate at 4.25% to ...
Each of the rate cuts is forecasted to be a 0.25% cut, which would take the Fed funds rate range down to 3.5% to 3.75% by the end of 2025.
Reuters FILE PHOTO: Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speaks during an interview with Reuters in New York City, New York, U.S., May 22, 2023.
New rate projections released following the gathering showed 10 of 19 officials expected at least two rate cuts by year’s end. Seven policymakers, however, projected no cuts at all in 2025 ...
If the bad news is swift and severe, then the Fed will have to scramble. “We do see a growing risk that the first move is larger, i.e. 50 basis points, because we think the Fed at that point may ...
The Fed is expected to hold its benchmark rate steady in the 4.25%-4.50% range at its July 29-30 meeting, a level policymakers regard as at least moderately restrictive.
Median forecasts from the central bank’s June meeting indicate Fed staff expect inflation to climb from 2.7% to 3.1% by December.
The U.S. Federal Reserve should not cut interest rates "for some time" as the impact of Trump administration tariffs begin passing through to consumer prices, with tight monetary policy needed to ...
With seven officials forecasting no interest rate cuts this year and eight penciling in two cuts, there's clear debate about whether rising inflation or a weakening labor market will drive the ...