Discover how potential Federal Reserve rate cuts and economic shifts influence investments, tariffs, and Treasury yields.

Fed's signal it won't cut rates until June kept investors focused on Q2 in setting current-day stock prices. Changing ...

After hitting a peak of 7.04% in January 2025, mortgage rates have retreated, but the decline has been sluggish, as rates ...

The graph below uses historical FDIC data to ... CD rates tend to move with the federal funds rate. When the Federal Reserve increases its benchmark rate, interest rates across the economy ...

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 ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve has a dual mandate. First, it's tasked with keeping inflation under control, which means ensuring the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increases by around 2% per year.

President Donald Trump could be setting up Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a 'scapegoat' if a recession hits, according to an MSU ...

In a social media post on Monday, President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates, saying there is "virtually no inflation." The most recent report on consumer ...

The chart below reflects all Fed rate cuts and ... when the Fed raised the fed-funds rate by 25 basis points (0.25%). After that rate cut on March 16, 2020, the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index ...

the Federal Reserve decided at its March meeting to keep the federal funds rate as-is for now. While today's higher interest rates make the cost of borrowing more expensive, they're a boon for savers.

You'll often see that as inflation rises, mortgage rates tend to follow suit. One reason for this trend is Federal Reserve policy. The Fed responds to high inflation by raising the federal funds ...