Financial-market participants are scaling back slightly on their expectations for as many as five to seven interest-rate cuts by October 2026 following unexpectedly strong U.S. data on Thursday.
With short-term interest rates on the way down, some financial advisors are pointing to investment-grade bonds and ...
"Their actions demonstrate integrity, commitment to the Fed’s mission and the importance of sustaining the central bank’s ...
The deeper story, however, is the way the Trump administration wants to alter how the Fed conducts monetary policy.
Despite the president’s threats to its independence, the central bank is ignoring his demand for drastically lower borrowing ...
Savers will be getting less of a bang for their buck as the Fed drops interest rates. While financial institutions tend to be slow to lower the rates they charge borrowers, they’re quicker to drop the ...
Homebuyers don’t have to be in a rush to make a decision on that dream home in the Huntsville area. That is because homes are staying on the market about two weeks longer than they were a year ago, ...
The Fed’s nearly-unanimous decision to reduce its key interest rate was seen by many as a quiet show of unity.
If President Donald Trump hoped that putting a close ally at the Federal Reserve would grab headlines, White House economic ...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after testifying before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on ...
The FOMC voted today to cut the Fed’s five policy rates by 25 basis points, the first cut in 2025, after cutting by 100 basis ...