What’s the Fed’s ‘Neutral’ Interest Rate? Why Does It Matter?
Central banks seek to manage economies by setting interest rates at levels that encourage or discourage activities such as ...
Fed's expected landing point on interest rates is now a lot higher
A return to extremely low borrowing rates has been looking more and more unlikely in recent months. That's because ...
The Fed slashed interest rates, but some credit card APRs aren’t going down. Here’s why.
But when the Fed started slashing interest rates in September, with an initial cut of half a percentage point, the average ...
Fed officials advocate for ‘caution’ and slower rate cuts next year as Trump prepares to take office
Experts say Trump’s potential policies, including his tariff proposals, could do much to impact the economy and the Fed’s ...
Why a rate cut? Fed’s favorite price gauge likely to show tamer ‘core’ inflation.
Armed with consumer and wholesale inflation reports, Wall Street economists predict the Federal Reserve’s favorite price ...
Inflation increased in November, complicating Fed's next rate decision
The inflation gauge makes up the last piece of significant economic data before the Fed announces its next interest rate ...
Fed rate view in focus as robust stocks year draws to close
A banner year for U.S. stocks gets one of its last big tests with the coming week’s Federal Reserve meeting, as investors ...
Worries of a Fed policy mistake are growing amid a hot economy and sticky inflation
The fear among some commentators is that the Fed is cutting rates in a hot economy with inflation above target, raising the ...