The federal funds rate is a benchmark that influences other interest rates throughout the economy. The Federal Reserve ...

Lower interest rates will soften the prices consumers pay for debt — but people may not see an impact on their payments for a ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower its benchmark interest rate by a ...

Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. In the ...

President Joe Biden said Thursday the Federal Reserve's decision to lower interest rates was “an important signal” that ...

Donald Trump has argued that the Fed would only cut interest rates close to the election to help his political opponents.

Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell sharply in August, despite mortgage rates plummeting that month.

Don't expect an immediate impact from the Fed cutting interest rates. But that doesn't mean you can't start planning now.

Stocks jumped Thursday morning as investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s eye-popping half-point interest rate cut.

The Federal Reserve made a 0.50 percentage point cut, double the typical reduction. Here's what's behind the decision.

The Federal Reserve announced an interest rate policy decision to cut interest rates by 0.5% on September 18. This decision ...

That’s because rate cuts tend to help the party in power. Lower interest rates boost the economy by making it cheaper for ...