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Markets were rocked by a jump in Treasury yields following the Fed meeting, with interest rates in the bond market climbing after the economic projections also showed central-bank officials ...

But the Fed's rate is just one in a tangle of factors ... After maintaining the federal funds rate at that elevated level for 14 months, the central bank finally began bringing it down in September.

In updated economic forecasts published alongside the rate decision, members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee pencilled in just two quarter-point rate cuts in 2025, down from an earlier ...

Wall Street is calling this a “hawkish cut” because the Fed’s potentates rolled back their expectations about future rate cuts. But the real way to think about Wednesday’s monetary news is ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell held a news conference after the central bank cut rates by a quarter-point. Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg The Federal Reserve signaled greater doubt over how much it would ...

Some new members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee who are due to gain voting power in January could tip the Fed further in the direction of fewer rate cuts. The changeover in policymakers ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's press conference did little to soften the stock market’s slide. The Dow was down 780 points, or 1.8%, after Powell wrapped up the question and answer ...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have traded at or near record highs in recent days, partly in anticipation of a rate cut by the Fed. But the Dow has had a long December. Wednesday marked the 10 th ...

The Fed has come a long way from just a few years ago: In 2022, inflation was more than twice its current rate and many economists thought that the central bank’s decisions might cause economic ...

A lower fed funds rate reduces borrowing costs on all kinds of loans, boosting the economy as the Fed tries to prevent a severe rise in unemployment. It was the third rate cut in as many meetings ...

What we are seeing is clearly a signal that the Fed is almost done cutting rates," Stanzl said in commentary shared with MarketWatch via email. S&P 500 SPX (S&P US) ...