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The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it is keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged, maintaining the federal funds rate at 4.25% to 4.5%.  This is the second straight meeting where …

On November 7, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25%, marking its second reduction this year.  This adjustment lowers the federal funds rate to a range of 4.5% to …

The U.S. Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, marking the central bank’s first reduction in over four years. The decision, announced on Wednesday …

One of the most disconcerting things about the reaction to the economic crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus is just how involved the Federal Reserve has been in the process. …

The era of feudalism began to flourish in the years after the downfall of the Western Roman Empire, and reached their zenith during the medieval era. Far from being a …

The Federal Reserve lives in bizarro world, where up is down, black is white, and everything is inverted. Specifically what I mean is that the Federal Reserve talks about low …

Wells Fargo announced recently that former Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke will take over as chairman of the board next year. She is the first woman to hold the …

Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve have long been talking about tapering. Today it finally happened — the Federal Reserve will reduce its bond-buying program to $75 billion per month. …

Some professional sports teams are just perennial cellar dwellers, unable to get their acts together no matter what. Others are dynasties that seem to turn everything they touch to gold. …

The Federal Reserve and many of the world’s other central banks set “inflation targets.” They do this in order to to achieve their goals of “full employment and price stability.” …