Today's Federal Reserve meeting will deliver the rate cut everyone expects and the only outlook that can balance market tensions pulling in two different directions. The S&P 500 won't love it, but won ...

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, a widely anticipated move that comes amid a worsening data blackout, a cooling labor market, ...

WASHINGTON — A policy divide within the central bank and a lack of federal government data may put another interest rate cut out of reach this year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in its July meeting as pressure mounts on the central bank to cut rates for Americans in September.

• The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point as expected, lowering borrowing costs for the third time this year. • Wall Street rallied after Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruled out ...

"The balance of risks has shifted" toward the labor market since the Federal Open Market Committee last met in October, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in his post-FOMC decision on Wednesday.

The Federal Open Market Committee discussions at its meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday showed "strongly differing views about how to proceed in December," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on ...

The Federal Open Market Committee has cut interest rates at each of the last three meetings of 2025. On December 10, the Federal Funds rate was cut to 3.5%-3.75% ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates for the second time this year in a continued bid to prevent unemployment from surging. But another rate cut at the next meeting in December “is ...