By 2022, the Federal Reserve began raising its benchmark interest ... rate broke through 8 percent — an average not seen since 2000. For most of 2024, mortgage rates lingered in the 6s and 7s ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve can stay patient and wait to see how tariffs and other economic policies of the Trump administration play out before making any changes to interest rates, Chair ...

Traders of short-term interest-rate futures are betting the Fed resumes rate cuts in June and that by year end the policy rate, currently in the 4.25%-4.50% range, will be a full percentage point ...