The Federal Reserve sets the federal funds target rate, also known as the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select ...

Discover how potential Federal Reserve rate cuts and economic shifts influence investments, tariffs, and Treasury yields.

Labor supply will also be restrained by much higher rates of deportations. Deportations, in turn, will also hurt productivity growth by causing shortages of workers in areas such as construction and ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated in remarks Wednesday that central bankers are focusing on inflation concerns ...

Rate cuts are on pause for now, but we think that’s only temporary. We expect a further 2 percentage points in cuts to the federal-funds rate by first-half 2027, bringing it to a target range of ...