ANALYSIS: With the Federal Open Market Committee likely to hold interest rates steady today, political pressure from President Trump threatens the Fed’s historically independent role in setting ...

The court indicated its decision doesn’t necessarily apply to the central bank and Chairman Jerome Powell — a frequent target ...

News that the U.S. and China have drastically reduced reciprocal tariffs for 90 days as they continue trade talks has already ...

The Federal Reserve is again leaving its benchmark interest rate at 4.25% to 4.5%, citing rising economic uncertainty.

Plus: A nonpartisan analysis said millions of Americans could lose Medicaid health insurance coverage under some Republican Congressional proposals.

What did the Fed say/do to bring rates down? First off, the bond market movement wasn't big, even by the standards of a regular non-Fed day. That said, there was definitely a reaction to the Fed.

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower ...

Not only did the Fed lift its outlook for interest ... to hedge against the risk of a January rate cut by the Fed,” they say.

They’re not crazy. The economy is more robust and financial conditions easier than the Federal Reserve has been expecting, which means interest rates won’t be coming down as rapidly as ...

However, since fall 2024, the yield-curve effect has mostly worked in the opposite direction as it did over 2022-23. While the Fed was cutting rates in fall 2024, the yield curve was moving from ...

“And based on the concept of forward guidance, no one is really going to care what Jerome Powell has to say ... Biden did the same in renominating Powell in November 2021. The next Fed vacancy ...

"I don't think we can say which way this will shake out," Powell said. Stocks closed higher after the Fed's announcement ... Trump's administration does not believe that is going to happen. "We did ...