The Federal Reserve closed out the year with a widely anticipated 25 basis-point interest rate cut Wednesday, lowering the federal funds rate to a range of 4.25%-4.5% ...

Former Fed chief Bernanke will participate in a discussion tomorrow about the Fed's communication. Ahead of it, he has sketched out his views on his Brookings Institution blog here. Most of the ...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Jerome Powell, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman, speaks at a press conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on January 29, 2025 in ...

Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates for the third straight meeting on Wednesday while signaling there may be only one cut next year as rates get closer to a neutral level. The Fed lowered ...

The Federal Reserve “dot plot” showed a wide dispersion in expectations for the path of interest rates after the central bank’s rate cut on Wednesday. An unusual combination of sticky inflation and a ...