The Federal Reserve is tasked with creating a monetary policy that encourages price stability and maximizes employment. As a result, it attempts to keep inflation at around 2% a year because that has ...

The U.S. central bank’s decision to hold interest rates steady in June was unanimously supported, but officials were starting ...

Gold held steady after the latest Federal Reserve minutes showed officials are divided over the outlook for interest rates.

Some investors have staked out positions in futures markets that will profit if interest rates drop immediately after Jerome ...

President Donald Trump once again took aim at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, sending a handwritten note urging a sharp cut in U.S. interest rates to “1% or better,” and lamenting that the Fed ...

U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Wednesday after most Federal Reserve officials indicated they see rate cuts coming. The 10 ...

Wall Street debates the Fed's next move as tariff and inflation uncertainty mount ahead of this week's CPI report.

Unexpectedly solid job gains in June bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates on hold to keep ...

President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure campaign to get the Federal Reserve chairman to either lower interest rates ...

The central bank chief said he believes the Fed board would have decided to lower rates further until Trump launched his ...