Forbes’ expert contributors help explain what the Fed’s move means for investors, businesses, job seekers, home buyers and ...

The week in markets started with the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by more than most economists expected.

Spurred on by the Federal Reserve Board's half-point cut in interest rates, the stock market closed out a buoyant week on ...

Wall Street rejoiced over this week’s interest rate cuts, but there’s another investor class that was just as enthusiastic: ...

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon suggests the half-point interest-rate cut is “a minor thing” that Wall Street — not Main ...

Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. In the ...

Market observers, however, had been divided over whether the Fed will impose its typical cut of a quarter of a percentage ...

Donald Trump has argued that the Fed would only cut interest rates close to the election to help his political opponents.

A more aggressive interest rate cut would suggest deeper worries that the job market is buckling under the Fed’s continued ...

The Fed's decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points reflects its growing confidence in taming inflation and a renewed ...

The S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent on Thursday, rallying a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage ...

Don't expect an immediate impact from the Fed cutting interest rates. But that doesn't mean you can't start planning now.