This week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) — a division of the Federal Reserve responsible for setting monetary policy — met once again to evaluate the health of the economy and make ...

Jan. 17, 2025 — Atmospheric scientists show proposed 'geoengineering' effort to remove methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere could worse air quality while providing minimal climate ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday after price increases ticked up over the past three months, suggesting inflation may still have some life in it. Central bankers held rates ...

Investors' projections about what Trump will do in office are affecting the 10-year Treasury yield, and Trump and the Federal Reserve have a complicated relationship. A lot is up in the air about ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged and provided scant insight into when further cuts may take place – sparking a quick rebuke from President Donald Trump. Emerging ...

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve paused its interest rate cutting campaign Wednesday and gave no signal it plans to lower rates again in the near term amid uncertainty spawned by inflation and P ...

Her first computer was a Macintosh Plus. The Federal Reserve paused interest rate cuts at today's meeting. Suffice it to say, this wasn't the most interesting decision of 2025 so far. Still ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hit pause on interest rate cuts in its first key decision of President Donald Trump’s second term. It’s a move that’s likely to stoke tensions between the ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis and a ...

The Federal Reserve kicked off its second Trump era right where it left off: Doing exactly what it wanted to do, ignoring President Donald Trump’s demands that it lower rates. As you’d expect ...

By Colby Smith Reporting from Washington At the Federal Reserve’s final gathering of 2024, Chair Jerome H. Powell announced that the U.S. central bank was embarking on a “new phase” in how ...