Forbes’ expert contributors help explain what the Fed’s move means for investors, businesses, job seekers, home buyers and ...

After the Fed’s pivotal interest rate cut this week, policymakers face the question of how much further to reduce borrowing ...

This week, the Federal Reserve cut its influential federal fund rates by 50 basis points. That could shake up the dynamic of ...

Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. In the ...

The week in markets started with the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by more than most economists expected.

A Federal Reserve official predicted quarter point rate cuts if data looked ‘fine’. But he also set out a scenario for a ...

The Fed's decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points reflects its growing confidence in taming inflation and a renewed ...

But while the Fed’s action will surely have political consequences, it wasn’t a political decision. The straight economic ...

Donald Trump has argued that the Fed would only cut interest rates close to the election to help his political opponents.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is known for providing clear signals about the central bank’s next interest rate move in ...

Spurred on by the Federal Reserve Board's half-point cut in interest rates, the stock market closed out a buoyant week on ...

Market observers, however, had been divided over whether the Fed will impose its typical cut of a quarter of a percentage ...