Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The federal funds rate is one of the Federal Reserve’s key tools for guiding U.S. monetary policy. It impacts everything from the ...

Rewinding further, the 30-year average notched a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 10 ...

In their latest quarterly update to their Summary of Economic Projections, Fed officials’ median estimate for the federal-funds rate target ... The dot plot charts the individual projections ...

The Fed also slashed the federal funds rate to a historic low of almost 0% and pumped ... The three cutting cycles in the above chart were triggered by significant economic shocks: the bursting ...