Discover how easy money policy lowers interest rates, boosts lending, and stimulates economic growth. Learn the tools used and the effects on your financial decisions.

In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced this week that it will hold the federal funds rate steady in its current range of 5.25% to 5.50%.

The Federal Reserve's December decision to cut interest rates by a quarter point was supposed to be a careful step toward normalizing policy after a bruising inflation fight. Instead, it exposed how ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second time in 2025 last week, though one member of the central bank's monetary policy committee voted against cutting rates, citing concerns over ...