A little recent history here: The Federal Reserve jacked up its benchmark interest rate — the federal funds rate — back in 2022 and 2023, to a high of 5.25-5.5%, in a bid to fight rampant pandemic-era ...

The Fed cut rates again, easing borrowing but squeezing savers. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take certain actions on ...

Discover how banks set loan interest rates, from Federal Reserve policies to market trends and borrower creditworthiness, for ...

Here’s how the central bank’s latest cut will affect loans, savings accounts and investments—and what financial moves to consider Written By Written by Staff Money Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Molly Grace ...

Wednesday's decision to reduce the benchmark federal-funds rate by a quarter point—to between 3.5% and 3.75%, a three-year low—is aimed at protecting against a sharper-than-anticipated slowdown in ...

Bitcoin's greatest bull runs have, in the past, coincided with a low federal funds rate. The Federal Reserve could soon cut that interest rate again. This is just one of many factors affecting Bitcoin ...

The Federal Reserve has been cutting interest rates for more than a year, including last week’s cut. Although the central bank has less influence over the long end of the yield curve (dramatically ...