The Federal Reserve. or The Federal Reserve System, is the central bank of the United States that was founded in 1913 by the U.S. Congress in order to establish central financial control.

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The Federal Reserve meets for its second two-day rate-setting session of 2025 on Tuesday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 7, 2025. At the end of its Federal Open Market Committee session on March 19 ...

The U.S. central bank will be in no rush to cut interest rates while it waits for more clarity on how the policies of the new Trump administration affect the economy, Federal Reserve Chair ...