The Federal Reserve made a 0.50 percentage point cut, double the typical reduction. Here's what's behind the decision.

In a move that was widely anticipated and hoped for, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted on Wednesday to cut its ...

A more aggressive interest rate cut would suggest deeper worries that the job market is buckling under the Fed’s continued ...

The S&P 500 and the Dow vaulted to record highs one day after the rate cut. Stocks rallied to record highs this week in the ...

Investors are pouring money into corporate bonds, risk premiums are grinding tighter, and the Federal Reserve’s interest rate ...

Questions remain that the Fed cannot quite answer yet, like how quickly and how much rates will go down by and what the right ...

If stocks already were due for a tumble and the economy for a recession, the Fed’s rate cut probably didn’t avert it.

Best bets are long-term Treasury bonds and gold, plus utilities, real estate, financials and dividend-paying growth stocks.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is known for providing clear signals about the central bank’s next interest rate move in ...

Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell sharply in August, despite mortgage rates plummeting that month.

After the Fed’s pivotal interest rate cut this week, policymakers face the question of how much further to reduce borrowing ...

Trump Media & Technology Group stock hit a new post-merger low of $14.56 per share just hoursbefore the company’s lock-up ...