The Fed rate just hit its lowest level in years, but whether mortgage rates fall now depends on a few factors.

The reduction lowers the federal funds rate — what banks charge each other for short-term loans — to between 3.5% and 3.75%, down from its prior range of 3.75% to 4%. The Fed's decision marks the ...

The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis ...

The Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, sets the fed funds rate. There are eight regularly scheduled FOMC meetings throughout the year, and its members include top officials from the U.S. Federal ...

The anticipated move comes as policymakers are still operating without several key economic data releases that remain delayed or suspended due to the U.S. government shutdown.

Better reports that Fed rate cuts can influence mortgage rates, but unpredictably; housing buyers should focus on personal ...

"My base case is that we can stay here for some period of time," Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack told the WSJ.

The Fed's latest rate cut and new Reserve Management Purchases impact markets, liquidity, and inflation. Click here to read ...

As was anticipated by many experts in the field, the Federal Reserve, at the conclusion of its December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting 一 one of the last key economic events of 2025 一 ...

Markets are rethinking the Fed’s path after its latest cut and a split 2026 outlook. Here’s how to track shifting rate ...

A little recent history here: The Federal Reserve jacked up its benchmark interest rate — the federal funds rate — back in 2022 and 2023, to a high of 5.25-5.5%, in a bid to fight rampant pandemic-era ...