Below, CNBC Select explains how and why the Federal Reserve sets this rate, and how it affects the economy, as well as your own money. Federal regulations require financial institutions to keep a ...

The Fed’s top bank cop, Michael Barr, is stepping down early to avoid a legal battle with Trump. If the Federal Reserve is ...

The Fed is likely done cutting rates amid robust economic activity and can now eye a hike if core PCE or long-term inflation ...

The United States central banking system, the Federal Reserve, is less likely to cut rates this month during its regularly ...

Officials are deeply worried that the incoming president's policies on immigration and trade will cause inflation to rise.

Although the Federal Reserve is — and thinks of itself as — part of the government, 100 percent of the $37 billion in paid-in ...

Erian’s analysis misses key points about the Fed’s current policies. Learn why the Fed’s "quantitative tightening" remains ...

Federal Reserve officials at their meeting Dec. 17-18 expected to dial back the pace of interest rate cuts this year in the ...

In an interview with CNBC on Friday, Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said if conditions are stable and there is no uptick in inflation, with full employment, rates ...

The Federal Reserve’s top financial regulator said Monday that he would resign next month, avoiding a potential confrontation ...