Fed’s Beige Book Shows Cooling Labor Market, Softer Spending Ahead of December Rate Decision

The Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book illustrates softening consumer spending and a labor market that has lost some ...

Fed faces another tough rate decison with inflation and job data delay

October jobs and inflation reports are canceled and November data are delayed until after the Fed's Dec. 9-10 meeting. What ...

Wholesale inflation was fairly tame before government shutdown, but PPI might not sway Fed rate-cut vote

The last piece of inflation data the Federal Reserve will see before its pivotal December meeting to debate another ...

Why the Fed’s Next Interest Rate Move Is Becoming So Hard to Predict

What should the Fed do to fight high inflation while preventing the job market from collapsing? Ask its 12 leaders and you'll ...

US Treasury secretary takes aim at Fed's interest rate control system

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday the Federal Reserve's system of managing interest rates is struggling ...

3 mortgage interest rate scenarios to know for 2026, according to experts

Some mortgage rate scenarios are more likely to occur than others next year. Here's what borrowers can do in each.

Big Changes Coming to the Fed—And Interest Rates—Next Year If This Frontrunner Gets Powell’s Job

The reported frontrunner to take over as Federal Reserve chair in May has a recent track record of advocating for the central bank lowering interest rates.

Fed Divisions Show Powell Isn’t Trump’s Biggest Hurdle to a Rate Cut

The president expects his next Fed chair to lower rates, but growing internal opposition shows the limits of a leadership ...