The Federal Reserve's goal of engineering a soft landing for the economy has been complicated by significant policy shifts on global trade and defense from the Trump administration. Jim Caron, chief ...

A rate cut at either the Federal Reserve’s May or June meeting seems more unlikely Thursday after the most prominent dovish ...

The bull-bear spread (bullish minus bearish sentiment) decreased 2.2 percentage points to –33.6%. The bull-bear spread is below its historical average of 6.5% for the 16th time in 18 weeks and is ...

President Trump says he doesn’t plan to fire Fed Chair Powell, but the calls for rate cuts continue. But the Fed is expected ...

The Fed is currently neutral on interest rates but could resume cuts later this year. If you're house hunting, here's how ...

US Treasuries remain a risk-free, income-producing asset in the world's largest and most liquid bond market. Read what ...

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

CD rates are a product of their economic times, and we're currently in a rosy period. At other times in history, CD rates ...

President Donald Trump is not happy with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Airing his grievances over the weekend on Truth ...

For example, from January through April 2008, the Fed cut the federal funds rate—its main interest rate for adjusting monetary policy—several times, concerned with a slowing economy and rising ...

“The hurdle to change the federal funds rate one way or the other has increased due to tariffs.” Chair Jerome Powell said Friday the central bank doesn’t need to be in a hurry to make any ...

However, the Federal Reserve aimed to implement a restrictive policy by maintaining the Fed Funds rate above the inflation growth rate for an extended period. This approach is intended to soften ...