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 ...

Let’s start with a recap of the Fed’s actions over the last several years. The federal-funds rate had been near zero during the pandemic in order to buffer the economy from that shock.

with higher rates likely to further swell the roughly $7 trillion money-market fund industry and potentially pressure bank deposits lower. Still, expectations around the Fed’s rate policy have ...

A Fed rate cut means lower yields on cash products ... If a recession arrives in 2025, an emergency fund can help you weather the storm. Even if there isn’t a recession, you never know when ...

Fed policymakers are likely to continue holding ... "In my view, the hurdle to change the federal funds rate one way or the other has increased due to the tariffs," Kashkari wrote in an essay.

The chart below reflects all Fed rate cuts and hikes since 1980, which is when the Federal Reserve began announcing its target interest rate following meetings of its rate-setting committee.

The Fed held its Fed fund rate projections for 2025, with two 25 basis point cuts expected, reflecting uncertainty due to tariffs and government spending outlook. Earlier today, the Federal ...

Fed policymakers are likely to continue holding rates steady despite a cooler reading on inflation for the month of March, due to the risk that prices could pick back up in the coming months as ...

The fixed-income market’s main focus Wednesday will be the Federal Reserve, which will release it’s interest rate decision, updated economic projections and fed-fund rate projections at 2 p.m ...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) maintained its base rate at 4.75 per cent on Thursday. Hours earlier, the Fed left its target rate in the 4.25 to 4.5 per cent range, following the second ...

President Trump took aim at Jerome Powell, calling interest rates cuts and saying the Fed Chair's termination “cannot come fast enough.” It comes as his administration's tariffs continue to cause ...

Fed policymakers are likely to continue holding rates steady despite a cooler reading on inflation for the month of March, due to the risk that prices could pick back up in the coming months as more ...