As expected, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at its current ...

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Tuesday the current level of short-term interest rates should ...

Donald Trump said Sunday the Federal Reserve was right to keep interest rates unchanged, a new comment that comes as Fed ...

As 2025 begins, the trajectory of U.S. monetary policy remains one of ... and the outsized influence of the Federal Reserve. As the Federal Reserve charts its course through 2025, the stakes ...

Reporting by Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir in Washington; Additional reporting by Dan Burns in New York; Editing by Paul Simao Covers the U.S. Federal Reserve, monetary policy and the economy ...

Monetary policy describes the ways in which the central banks change the money supply in order to accomplish certain economic objectives. In the U.S. this is done by the Federal Reserve.

Called the federal funds rate, it influences the rates financial institutions charge to consumers. This "monetary policy ... flow. Banks can also borrow money from the Fed. The Federal Reserve ...