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

Indexes rallied Thursday, with tech stocks leading the Nasdaq to rise 2.5% as investors continued to digest Wednesday's jumbo ...

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

Fed Chair Jerome Powell noted that policymakers weighed recent downward revisions to employment figures when assessing the ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said at a press conference that the influx of migrants into the U.S. has contributed to the rise in ...

The Federal Reserve's big bang start on Wednesday to what's expected to be more interest-rate cuts this year and next may ...

Investors celebrated the Federal Reserve's super-sized interest rate cut and what is likely the start of a long-time coming ...

President Joe Biden said Thursday the Federal Reserve's decision to lower interest rates was “an important signal” that ...

The Federal Reserve made a 0.50 percentage point cut, double the typical reduction. Here's what's behind the decision.

Investors have sent stocks and bonds higher on expectations of a soft landing. But some Republicans think the central bank ...

The Fed's cutting cycle in 1995 sparked an economic boom, with the stock market more than doubling in value by the end of the ...

The U.S. central bank's decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point leaves open the risk of a resurgence in ...