Fifty years ago the actions of the Federal Reserve mattered. Today, so far as the aggregate measures of the American domestic economy go, they do not. Books discussed in this essay: Sarah Binder and ...

To summarize, the Federal Reserve has already lowered by 50% the number of anticipated interest rate cuts in 2025. It was ...

The Dual Mandate and the Balance of Risks, Federal Reserve. Accessed April 29, 2024. The History and Future of the Federal Reserve’s 2 Percent Target Rate of Inflation, Council on Foreign Relations.

Learn why some people believe it was unconstitutional for the government to establish the Federal Reserve Bank and why they believe it should be abolished.

Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions since 1990. The federal funds rate is the ...

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 Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve: A History is a comprehensive study of the evolution of monetary policy practiced by the Federal Reserve since its founding nearly a century ago. Hetzel ...

Well, that was quite the market freakout after the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates. Not only did the Fed lift its outlook for interest rates in 2025 by a half percentage point ...

The effects of potential changes in trade and immigration policy suggested” restoring 2% inflation “could take longer than ...