But when a bank needs to borrow money, where does it go? Thanks to the discount rate, they can go to the Federal Reserve for help. The discount rate, which is one of several tools the Fed uses to ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year ...

U.S. News' panel of financial advisors offers some timeless advice as the Fed cuts rates by another quarter of a point. Stocks have soared in 2024, but a new presidential administration ...

Levine/Lev Radin/Zuma Press Well, that was ugly. We mean the big selloff in stocks and bonds Wednesday following the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to cut its target interest rate by ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced its third consecutive interest rate cut of 2024, reducing its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points amid cooling inflation. Yet in a blow for ...

Gold falls sharply, impacted by Fed's less dovish outlook. Fed Chair Powell stresses prudent policy amid ongoing upside inflation risks. Fed sees 2% inflation target return in 1-2 years ...

U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell in Washington on Dec. 18. The Fed cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point — its third cut this year — but also signalled that it expects ...

U.S. stocks on Wednesday slumped after the Federal Reserve projected higher inflation and fewer rate cuts in 2025. The estimates came after the central bank announced a quarter-point rate cut ...

US stocks cratered on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling more than 1,100 points amid its longest losing streak in 50 years after the Federal Reserve delivered an expected ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has ruled out the possibility of the central bank adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet, citing legal restrictions under the Federal Reserve Act. Powell ...

Investopedia / Photo Composite by Alice Morgan / Getty Images As widely expected, the Federal Reserve lowered its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 4.25% to 4.5% ...