The Fed releases a report called the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) four times per year, which tells the public where ...

Interest rates play a pivotal role in the U.S. economy, influencing everything from consumer spending to business investments ...

Obsessing over every detail of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s periodic rate-setting meetings might not improve your investment ...

The Federal Reserve has a playbook for fighting inflation, and another for boosting the economy when unemployment is rising.

If the Federal Reserve cuts its benchmark rate this year, it will push savings and CD rates lower. Here's what the central ...

The Fed’s dot plot is a chart that records each Fed official’s projection for the central bank’s key short-term interest rate ...

The Federal Reserve won't lower interest rates at its policy meeting next week, but could deliver the first of a set of rapid-fire reductions in borrowing costs in June if rising fears of an ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, keeping its benchmark rate — known as the federal funds rate — ...

Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.

Rate cuts are on pause for now, but we think that’s only temporary. We expect a further 2 percentage points in cuts to the federal-funds rate by first-half 2027, bringing it to a target range of ...