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.

With the average savings account paying 0.41%, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), it might feel a ...

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 Fed releases a report called the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) four times per year, which tells the public where ...

The federal funds rate is a key tool used by the Federal Reserve to keep the economy running smoothly and manage inflation. Here’s a closer look at the historical Fed interest rate over the past ...

Recession odds are rising as Trump’s tariffs sink bond yields, oil prices, and stocks. So, too, are the odds of multiple ...

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

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

Data from the CME Group on Friday showed raised odds the federal funds rate will fall to 3.00% to 3.25%, down from 4.25% to 4 ...

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The Federal Open Market Committee did not cut rates this month, as it waits to see how President Donald Trump's tariffs play ...