Virtually since his inauguration, Trump’s been pushing to bend the Fed to his will and help bring down rates. On March 19, ...

The US economy was actually pottering along quite nicely until recently, expanding at a roughly 2 per cent clip until Trump ...

Follow our latest tariffs coverage in our live blog; Stock markets plunged again on Thursday as the White House confirmed ...

Such trades, popular among some hedge funds ... Fed and a voting member at policy-setting meetings this year. Still, he says that, over the next 12 to 18 months, he expects the Fed’s interest ...

4.25% to 4.5%. That’s the target federal funds rate range, where it’s stood since December. Though that’s down 75 basis points from the 2024 apex, it’s higher than it ever was from 2008 to ...

Here's how the Fed's rate hike affects specifically credit card APRs, plus how you can avoid being impacted too much. The Fed controls what's called the federal funds rate, or the interest rate ...

Last week's tariff announcement by the president has roiled the stock market. But it's also added uncertainty about bank ...

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 ...

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 ...

CD rates tend to track the federal funds rate. When the fed rate goes down, CD rates decline, and vice versa. The Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate steady for nearly a year but made its ...