After they’re done analyzing the outlook for inflation and employment, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, the leader of the group known as the Federal Open Market Committee, emerges and ...

To understand how the Federal Reserve works, think of the U.S. economy as a farm and the Fed as a farmer in charge of water, representing money and credit. “Our farmer wants enough water flowing ...

First, inflation using the Personal Consumption Expenditures measure, which is the Federal Reserve’s preferred ... tendencies and are listed in the chart so you can see how far apart the guesses ...

The following chart highlights total wealth by race and ethnicity per household over the past two decades using data from the Federal Reserve's Distributional Financial Accounts: The chart ...

The Federal Reserve is set to lower interest rates this week even as it charts a more gradual pace ... neutral is and will “only know it by its works”. “I think it’s going to get harder ...

Investors are constantly surrounded by headlines about the Federal Reserve’s meetings ... The actions the Fed takes to work toward its goal of a healthy economy are the basis of US monetary ...