The Federal Reserve sets the federal funds target rate, also known as the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select ...

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said Thursday it's "not a pause of anything" about Trump’s announcement ...

President Donald Trump's "much higher and broader than expected" tariffs are making it harder to justify interest-rate cuts, ...

It’s a chart showing estimates of what the federal funds rate, the short-term interest rate controlled by the Fed, should be. Members of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee each ...

The Federal Reserve has a playbook for fighting inflation, and another for boosting the economy when unemployment is rising.

The Fed’s dot plot is a chart that records each Fed official’s projection for the central bank’s key short-term interest rate ...

the Fed announced holding the federal funds target interest rate steady at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%. It marks the second time the Fed's paused a rate change since its three back-to-back cuts in ...

Federal Reserve officials are prepared to hold their policy rate steady to minimize the risk that President Donald Trump’s ...

With inflation recently higher, the risk that inflation expectations could rise and lead to a persistent march up in prices has increased notably.

The Fed still appears to be struggling with deciding if inflation is a bigger risk than slower economic growth.