In traditional finance, the "risk-free rate,” the interest rate an investor can expect to earn on an investment that carries zero risk, serves as a fundamental benchmark for all investment decisions.

Due to high inflation, the Federal Reserve quickly started raising interest rates in 2022 and has kept them at elevated levels recently. By making it more expensive to borrow money, the Fed hopes to ...

As upside inflation pressures fade and job growth weakens, the Federal Reserve appears poised to cut short-term interest rates again on Oct. 29 at the end of its two-day meeting complicated by missing ...

America’s central bankers continue to deal with the double whammy of potentially higher inflation and a slowing labor market, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday, calling it a ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell noted that the central bank is facing a difficult and unusual situation—a weakening labor market combined with still-elevated inflation. Ordinarily, a weaker labor ...