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

The federal funds rate is the interest banks charge each other for overnight loans. Set by the Federal Reserve, it's a basis ...

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

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

Over the past few years, elevated mortgage rates and sky-high housing prices have contributed to a lack of home affordability ...

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

The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to lower its key interest rate by half a percentage point brought some clarity to ...

Wall Street rejoiced over this week’s interest rate cuts, but there’s another investor class that was just as enthusiastic: ...

President Joe Biden is celebrating the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates by saying it shows that inflation ...

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

Nvidia’s stock historically has made dramatic moves in the year after initial Fed interest-rate cuts, and it has outperformed ...

The Federal Reserve began what will likely be a campaign of interest rate cuts Wednesday by cutting its influential federal ...