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

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

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

If the Fed cuts interest rates today, borrowers will likely see interest rates ease off their peaks on things like credit ...

Don't expect an immediate impact from the Fed cutting interest rates. But that doesn't mean you can't start planning now.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower its benchmark interest rate by a ...

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

Are we looking at a recession, or soft landing? Either way, you can prepare.

The final rate-setting meeting before the November election brought the first cut since March 2020, a move likely to prove ...

The decline in mortgage costs, influenced by expectations of the Federal Reserve’s rate moves, could revive interest in ...

Stocks jumped Thursday morning as investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s eye-popping half-point interest rate cut.

Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell sharply in August, despite mortgage rates plummeting that month.