Throughout history, the Fed’s key rate has been as high as 19-20 percent and as low as 0-0.25 percent. The Fed's decisions on ...

The Fed might raise its target interest rate to curb inflation ... according to the St. Louis Fed’s 3-month historical CD rates chart. While rates were high in the 1980s, they steadily fell ...

As the Fed currently endeavors to wind down inflation without causing a recession, it is useful to see how and why it acted in the past. Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide ...

The Federal Reserve publishes a chart of historical interest rates for 3-month CDs. It currently shows monthly rates from June 1964 through December 2023. Read next ...

While still elevated compared to recent history, the best savings account yields dropped as a result. The Fed began 2025, though, by keeping interest rates unchanged, and is only expect to pare ...

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said on Monday that interest rate cuts remain possible later this year even with ...

Driven up by the Federal Reserve ... on CD history, we see periods where rates sat just above zero for years on end—while at other times, you could earn a remarkable double-digit interest ...

Once the Federal Reserve begins cutting interest rates, the U.S. dollar will surely fall and begin a downtrend, right? Alas, it's never so simple. Check out the chart below from Kit Juckes and ...

policymakers have also tended to cut interest rates gradually, Bankrate’s analysis shows. To help consumers understand the historical significance of the Fed’s rapid rate hikes in the post ...