The Dot Plot, Explained: Understanding How the Fed Forecasts
It’s almost certainly the most closely scrutinized scatter chart in financial markets. Every three months since January 2012, ...
Here's What the Fed Now Predicts for 2025 Rate Moves—And What It Means for Savings and CD Rates
If the Federal Reserve cuts its benchmark rate this year, it will push savings and CD rates lower. Here's what the central ...
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Understanding The Federal Funds Rate
Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The federal funds rate is one of the Federal Reserve’s key tools for guiding U.S. monetary policy. It impacts everything from the ...
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The Federal Reserve’s latest dot plot, explained – and what it says about interest rate cuts
The Fed’s dot plot is a chart that records each Fed official’s projection for the central bank’s key short-term interest rate ...
Why Fed rate cuts or hikes don’t move stocks like you’d expect
The stock market’s average return is about the same, regardless of whether the Fed cuts rates, raises them or leaves them ...
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The Fed Holds Rates Steady So Don't Expect Changes to Your Credit Cards
By holding rates steady, the Fed acted as many experts predicted. In its press release, the central bank cited a stable ...
Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, but trims economic growth outlook
Fed Chair Jerome Powell cites "high uncertainty" around the impact of Trump administration tariffs on key trading partners.
Fed Holds Rates Steady and Predicts Higher Inflation, Slower Growth Ahead
The central bank penciled in two rate cuts for 2025, but President Trump’s sweeping agenda has injected “remarkably high” ...
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How Much Will the Fed Cut Interest Rates?
Rate cuts are on pause for now, but we think that’s only temporary. We expect a further 2 percentage points in cuts to the federal-funds rate by first-half 2027, bringing it to a target range of ...
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Fed Pauses Interest Rate Cuts. Where Do Mortgage Rates Go From Here?
The Fed's pause could keep mortgage interest rates — which are sensitive to fiscal policy and economic growth — higher for ...
Fed Meeting News: Central Bank Keeps Rates Steady
Follow live coverage of the FOMC's March interest-rate announcement and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference.