The US Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its policy rate unchanged in the 4.25%-4.50% range, along with its guidance for two rate cuts in 2025, has triggered fresh discussions on how central ...

27, 2024, in central Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Associated Press (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in ...

At today's meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the Bank of England's rate-setters voted to maintain the base rate at 4.5%. Lenders use the base rate to determine the interest rates ...

The world’s lowest interest rate is no longer in Japan but Switzerland after the Swiss National Bank cut rates by a quarter-point on Thursday. The SNB took its key rate down to 0.25% ...

The monetary authority hiked the overnight lending rate by two percentage points to 46%, while keeping the main gauge of one-week repo unchanged.

Against this backdrop, the MPC decided to keep the policy rate unchanged, at 7.5%. Four members preferred this action, while two favoured a cut of 25 basis points. For several quarters we have ...

"The Fed would be much better off cutting rates as tariffs start to transition," Trump said, emphasizing the need for swift action. US President Donald Trump has urged the Federal Reserve to cut ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year even as it sees inflation staying ...

Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions since 1990. The federal funds rate is the ...

Policy statement keeps phrase: "A gradual and careful approach to removing policy restraint remains appropriate." No presumption monetary policy is on a pre-set path over the next few meetings.

Its previous decision, in February, was to cut rates from 4.75 to 4.5 per cent, taking base rate to 0.75 percentage points below its 5.25 per cent peak. The next decision will take place on 8 May.

US Fed Meeting Highlights: The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday (March 19) and signalled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year, though it said the ...