The Fed sets short-term interest rates, but does not directly control mortgage rates, which tend to move in tandem with the yields on long-term bonds. Those long-term rates are dependent on investor ...

The split came into clear focus on Friday, the first day Fed officials spoke publicly in the wake of the decision earlier in the week to hold its benchmark interest rate steady in a range of 4.25%-4.5 ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates fell this week, but where they go next depends on inflation.

Some economic forces are impossible to ignore. That seems to be developing between the Trump White House and the bond market, ...

A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to pass confidential U.S. economic ...

The Fed made the right call in hitting pause this week. "I'm not sure that pausing is really all the bad for stocks in the ...

The battle for authority between President Trump and Fed Chairman Powell has begun, with Trump pushing for a rate cut and Powell holding steady.

The Fed uses interest rates "like a gas pedal and a brake pedal," Forbes said. Lowering rates stimulates the economy; raising ...

Two Federal Reserve officials seen as representing contrasting sides of the policy spectrum said on Friday they'll be ...

A once-dominant BlackRock Inc. bond ETF is at risk of losing its crown as the biggest inflation-hedging product of its kind, ...

“The Fed’s prognosis is for a slower pace of monetary easing moving forward, as the economy is doing well and prices are only slowly returning to target in an environment of great uncertainty,” said ...

U.S. prices increased in December while consumer spending surged, suggesting that the Federal Reserve could delay cutting interest rates for some time this year. The personal consumption expenditures ...