The Federal Reserve has likely come across your radar at some point. Often referred to as simply "the Fed," this central banking system of the United States typically meets eight times a year to make interest rate–related decisions, which often result in a slew of headlines and fodder from economic experts, alongside very real economic effects.

The Federal Reserve meets for its second two-day rate-setting session of 2025 on Tuesday, May 6, and Wednesday, May 7, 2025. At the end of its Federal Open Market Committee session on May 7 ...

The Federal Reserve opted to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, citing heightened risks of rising inflation and slowing growth, which have prompted renewed warnings about stagflation.

The Federal Reserve Board terminated a written agreement with Du Quoin State Bank from 2023. The order had stemmed from the bank's deficient interest rate risk management.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated the need for a wait-and-see approach during a press conference following the committee's policy announcement.

The Fed kept its rate at 4.3 percent for the third straight meeting, after cutting it three times in a row at the end of last year, brushing off President Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs.

Uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariffs have thrown a wrench in state revenues previously expected to grow by hundreds of millions of dollars, state economists report.