Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated in remarks Wednesday that central bankers are focusing on inflation concerns ...

The path ahead for tariffs is still a wild card for the Fed with respect to inflation’s path. The market continues to ...

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

raising the perception that the Fed will need to hold rates at higher levels in order to combat sticky inflation. To underline the point, the chart below outlines changes in the Fed's projections ...

The Federal Reserve could face the “challenging scenario” of rising inflation at the same time the U.S. labor market is ...

Stagflation, the combination of high inflation and slow growth, is among the most difficult for the Federal Reserve to manage ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it will leave a key interest rate unchanged for the second consecutive meeting amid persistent inflation and uncertainty about the economy.

Such high rates on credit and savings won't last forever. If the Federal Reserve is successful in bringing inflation down, it might decide to begin lowering the federal funds rate at some point ...

Wondering what’s in store for interest rates? Rate cuts are on pause for now, but we think that’s only temporary. We expect a further 2 percentage points in cuts to the federal-funds rate by ...

Prices are now projected to rise faster than expected at least in part and perhaps largely due to Trump's plans to levy ...

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 rate, which trickles down to other rates ...

At the second of the Federal Open Market Committee’s eight 2025 meetings, concluding Wednesday, the panel announced it would keep the target federal funds ... inflation, unemployment and ...