The S&P 500 is down more than 13% since Trump won the election in November, with most losses concentrated since he announced ...

The Fed’s central purpose is what’s called the dual mandate -- to maximize employment and to stabilize prices. In other words, the Federal Reserve’s goal is to keep inflation low while ...

The jobs report lets the Federal Reserve maintain its wait-and-see stance with less discomfort—even though investors ...

The Federal Reserve's fight against inflation just got more complicated as President Donald Trump's tariffs could push up ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve on Monday to lower interest rates after the U.S. central bank last week kept ...