Federal Reserve hikes interest rates 0.25 percentage point
While the central bank is slowing its rate increases, Jerome Powell told investors not to expect lower rates this year.
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While the central bank is slowing its rate increases, Jerome Powell told investors not to expect lower rates this year.
The drop in spending activity is expected to continue through this year
Rates are at their highest level in 15 years as policymakers try to tamp down inflation without torpedoing the economy.
Rising mortgage rates are shrinking the number of people who can afford to get a home loan.
The Federal Reserve hinted it soon could reduce the size of its three-quarters of a point hike.
Latest jump is the fourth supersized rate hike this year, as the central bank tries to subdue stubbornly high inflation.
Borrowing costs rose to their highest level in 14 years, and more interest-rate hikes are likely, Fed signaled.
Federal Reserve's push to stem inflation could also make your credit card debt more expensive and impact home buyers.
"Inflation is much too high," Fed Chair Jay Powell said of the U.S. central bank's largest rate hike since 1994.
Larry Goehrig teaches finances and marketing at Florida Memorial University.
The Federal Reserve chairman says he anticipates more rate increases to try to bring down record inflation to its target of 2%.
In an effort to get a handle on the worst inflation in America in the last 40 years, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a half-percentage point.
Interest rates are going up again as the economy gets hotter.
President Trump nominated Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell on Thursday to lead the world's most influential central bank.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen spoke before Congress about the inflation rates since 2008.
A day after addressing a senate committee, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen was back on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Tuesday the central bank will "evaluate whether employment and inflation are continuing to evolve in line with [the Fed's] expectations, in which case a further adjustment of the federal funds rate would likely be appropriate."
As was expected, the Feds raised interest rates and now banks will likely pass their higher costs to consumers and companies leading to high borrowing rates throughout the economy.
Ben Bernanke was quizzed about what it felt like to be called a traitor by the governor of Texas and Alan Greenspan was asked if he purposely sought to confuse Congress with his answers.
Auto sales in the United States are expected to hit an all-time high as Americans are buying more new cars than ever before.
A man from Jamaica is behind bars for running a lottery scam which targeted elderly people.
The Federal Reserve says it will spend $40 billion a month to purchase mortgage-backed securities because the economy is too weak to reduce high unemployment.
On Monday, the Treasury Department sold 553,846,153 shares in AIG on Monday, turning an $18 billion profit on the $32.50 a share price.
The latest numbers from the U.S. Labor Department offer a mixed bag of news to President Barack Obama.
