The Federal Reserve sets the federal funds target rate, also known as the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select ...

Discover how potential Federal Reserve rate cuts and economic shifts influence investments, tariffs, and Treasury yields.

The graph below uses historical FDIC data to ... In an effort to support the economy, the FOMC dropped the federal funds target rate to a range of zero to 0.25%. However, as the economy bounced ...

President Trump says he doesn’t plan to fire Fed Chair Powell, but the calls for rate cuts continue. But the Fed is expected ...

The FOMC decides if and when to change the federal funds rate, the interest rate banks charge to borrow money from their reserve balances overnight. By setting a target range for this rate ...

Wondering what’s in store for 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 ...

When inflation is stabilized near the Fed's target ... of the Fed's action in the graph below. During the inflationary 1970s and 1980s, the federal funds rate was pushed to a peak above 10% ...

The Federal ... target rate steady since July 2023, when it was raised a quarter of a percentage point to 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest it's been in over 20 years. The last time the federal funds ...

the Fed announced holding the federal funds target interest rate steady at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%. It marks the second time the Fed's paused a rate change since its three back-to-back cuts in ...