The Federal Reserve’s key borrowing benchmark is currently in a target range of 4.25-4.5 percent, the highest since 2007. The Fed’s monetary policy has shifted significantly over the years ...

Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions since 1990. The federal funds rate is the ...

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates at the fastest pace in 40 years during 2022 and 2023 in an effort to rein in ...

The Federal Reserve will likely wait until September before cutting its policy rate, traders bet on Thursday, as data kept ...

Gold is historically the best inflation hedge, currently in a bull market with strong potential returns, making it a top ...

CD rates move in tandem with the federal funds rate, the benchmark interest rate set by the Federal Reserve. Yields on CDs rose above 10% in the early 1980s when the Fed set interest rates well ...

Weak lending presents potential for future economic growth if interest rates are lowered. Read why I am more bearish about ...

The Federal Reserve could start raising the cost to borrow money as early as June if historical averages are any guide, Torsten Slok, chief economist at investment firm Apollo Global Management, said ...

Yields on competitive CDs increased to historic highs in recent years, thanks to the Federal Reserve raising ... Here’s a look at the historical ups and downs of CD rates and some background ...