The Federal Reserve on Thursday made its second rate cut of this year, with the decision coming less than two months after the central bank's surprise jumbo cut in September. The Fed shaved ...

But let's take a look at interest rates, which have a direct impact on your finances. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% at its last policy meeting and is gearing up for a 0.25% ...

That’s because, as one former Federal Reserve chair famously said, central bankers’ job is to remove the punchbowl right when the party is just getting started. Said differently, they have to ...

Federal Reserve is set to cut rates again while facing a hazy post-election outlook No one knows how Tuesday’s presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve’s move two days ...

Miranda Marquit, MBA, is a freelance contributor to Newsweek’s personal finance team. She has an M.A. in journalism from Syracuse University and has been writing and podcasting about money since ...

According to recent data published by the Fed, the regulator’s cumulative loss has reached $203 billion. First and foremost, as we have already said in our previous articles, the mainstream ...

This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — a division of the Federal Reserve responsible for setting monetary policy — met once again to evaluate the health of the economy and make ...

Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before ...

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are poised Thursday to reduce their key interest rate for a second straight time, responding to a steady slowdown of the inflation pressures that ...

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates Thursday by a quarter of a percentage point as inflation continues to cool, but a cloudy economic outlook after Donald Trump was elected again could make ...

Much is made by economists and market participants of the importance of Federal Reserveindependence. An independent central bank delivers better monetary outcomes over time because it can make ...

Federal Reserve officials are expected to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point at their meeting Thursday because inflation has continued to make progress toward their 2% goal ...