When inflation is high and the economy is in overdrive, the Fed tries to pump the brakes by discouraging borrowing. It does ...

The Federal Reserve doesn't directly set mortgage rates, but it influences them by making changes to the federal funds rate, ...

Two days after Donald Trump won the presidential election, the Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point interest-rate cut.

The Fed cut, half the size of its September reduction, lowers the federal funds rate — the interest rate banks charge each ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for a second straight time on Thursday in an effort to keep the economy sailing along ...

The Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee concluded its two-day meeting today and cut its influential benchmark rate. Follow along for live updates.

All 12 Fed voters backed the cut.Officials have said those moves are warranted because they are more confident that inflation ...

In support of its goals, the Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 4-1/2 to 4-3/4 percent. In considering additional adjustments to the ...

Mortgage rates rose for the seventh week in a row in the week ending Nov. 7 as markets digested Trump's victory and a Fed ...

The Federal Reserve has announced a 25-basis-point cut to the fed-funds rate target, the central bank's primary lever for influencing monetary policy. Stocks seem to be taking the news in stride, ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point on Thursday, its second consecutive reduction in the ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Thursday in a move that preserves flexibility as ...