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Following a series of interest rate hikes between March 2022 and July 2023, which were intended to help reverse rising inflation, the Fed held its benchmark rate steady for over a year.

Here is a look at the latest comments from Fed policymakers, sorting them under the labels “dove” and “hawk” as a rough shorthand for their monetary policy leanings. A dove is more focused ...

Traditionally, big Fed interest rate cuts and equity prices hovering near all-time highs are ominous signs for the stock market. Large rate cuts – such as those Fed officials approved and ...

Eleven of 12 Fed voters backed the cut, which brings the benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 4.75% and 5%. Quarterly projections released Wednesday showed a narrow majority of ...

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For instance, when the Federal Reserve cut its influential fed funds rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Sept. 18, 2024, it warranted major news coverage across the U.S. It marked ...

But it impacts much more than just those banks. When the Fed hikes or cuts the fed funds rate, the move impacts how much interest you pay on your mortgage, auto loan, credit card balance and more.

Jeanna Smialek transcript Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said that the central bank would take future interest rate cuts “meeting by meeting” after lowering rates by a half percentage point ...

The Fed's policy rate is restrictive, the labor market remains healthy even as labor demand is moderating, and inflation is "in the vicinity" of the Fed's 2% target. But after the Fed cut the ...