Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions since 1990. The federal funds rate is the ...

History, for example ... Before the Great Recession, the market-driven “effective” federal funds rate averaged 6.38 percent.

Consumer price inflation fell to 2.4% in March, surprising analysts who expected a rise, but future inflation concerns remain ...

While still elevated compared to recent history, the best savings account ... and is only expect to pare the federal funds rate twice throughout the year. Savings account yields were muted in ...

The federal-funds rate had been near zero during the pandemic ... Even with recent cuts, interest rates are still high relative to recent history. This is the case compared not only with the ...

Now, with the economy at a crossroads after President Donald Trump kicked off a trade war with his tariff announcement on ...

Nominal GDP targeting would allow the central bank to balance price stability and maximum employment more effectively.

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariff rollout last week, trillions of dollars have been erased from stock markets, Wall Street deal-making has seized up, hedge funds have liquidated some of ...

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

The credit market is now pricing in up to five rate cuts in 2025, signaling a dramatic shift in expectations for Fed policy.