Any lock on a top-paying CD is smart before the Fed makes its move this week. Rates of 5%+ are available with guarantees up to a year, but longer rate locks are wise too.

A reduction days after the election would shift the focus to what could stop officials from cutting in December.

Traders of futures contracts tied to the Fed's policy rate continue to bet the Fed will cut the policy rate by a quarter of a percentage point this week and again in December, but now see the Fed likely stopping its rate cuts after just two more such cuts ...

The Fed will cut the policy rate by 25 basis points at the November FOMC meeting while continuing with Quantitative Tightening. Check out my views on Fed meeting.

The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates again this week, while votes are being counted in one of the closest-fought presidential races in decades.

The Federal Reserve is set to issue another rate cut this week. Here's what could then happen to mortgage rates.

Short-term U.S. interest rates are likely to be lower on Inauguration Day in 2025 than they are on Election Day, and that means the U.S. Federal Reserve almost certainly will continue to cut the benchmark federal funds rate — not just this week but at its December meeting as well.

Currently, Goldman Sachs economics research is penciling in another four consecutive interest rate cuts in the first half of 2025 but also acknowledged in its Monday update that more uncertainty exists regarding the Fed's path next year.

The U.S. election is grabbing all the headlines on Tuesday–but it's not the only vote that could move markets this week. The Federal Reserve will end its two-day November meeting on Thursday afternoon,