If you've been paying attention to chatter about interest rates in recent years, you've probably come across the term "federal funds rate" – or just "fed funds rate" for short. But what exactly is the ...

The Federal Reserve’s latest projections point to a federal funds rate of 3.4% at the end of 2026, offering a clear signal on the path ahead for borrowing costs. The estimate, drawn from policymakers’ ...

Wednesday's decision to reduce the benchmark federal-funds rate by a quarter point—to between 3.5% and 3.75%, a three-year low—is aimed at protecting against a sharper-than-anticipated slowdown in ...

The Federal Reserve concluded its last meeting of the year with a widely anticipated 25 basis point cut to the federal funds rate (FFR), bringing it to a range of 3.50-3.75%. Inflation has proven ...

The Federal Reserve has been cutting interest rates for more than a year, including last week’s cut. Although the central bank has less influence over the long end of the yield curve (dramatically ...