Slashing government interest rates could have the paradoxical effect of raising the interest rates paid in the real world.

Tariffs pose rising inflation and rate cut risks for H2 2025 as CPI data hints at early price pressures in key goods. See why ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is facing pressure from all sides as the Fed’s banking regulation conference kicks off ...

The Trump administration's tariff plans may well just cause a one-time jump in prices, but the risk it could cause more ...

The Federal Reserve kept its target interest rate near zero and continued buying up bonds through early 2022, well after inflation had accelerated In effect, the Fed kept its foot on the economy ...

A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the U.S. is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as ...

The Fed has kept its policy rate unchanged at 4.25%-4.50% since December, as officials pause for more clarity on the economic and price impact of Trump's tariffs.

Federal Reserve officials are pushing back on the idea that central bankers might ... Section B, Page 3 of the New York edition with the headline: Federal Reserve To Temper Response As Inflation ...

The Fed knows how to stop inflation. But…. History shows the Fed can defeat inflation that is far worse than today’s sticker shock. In the early 1980s, the Paul Volcker-led Fed tamed inflation ...

Inflation, as measured by the Fed’s preferred gauge, was 2.5% in the year through February, still above the central bank’s 2% goal, but well below the multi-decade high of 7.2% reached in 2022.

With inflation recently higher, ... Financial markets have been betting heavily that the Fed's response to tariffs will be a series of rate cuts, starting as soon as next month.

As inflation has lingered month after month, the Fed has repeatedly ramped up its response. It lifted rates a quarter point in March, a half point in May and three-quarters of a point at each of ...