Wall Street closely watches Federal Reserve meetings, but it's not just the decision on interest rates that makes headlines.

By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday explained why the three missions Congress ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari on Friday said he supported this week's decision to cut the U.S. benchmark short-term interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, and ...

"It really comes down to what we've seen in the jobs market - the deterioration that we've seen over the past few months," ...

The US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the first time in nine months, reducing the short-term rate to around 4.1%.

Find out what the Federal Reserve's rate cuts mean for your finances.

Experts say Americans shouldn't expect a further decline in mortgage rates immediately after the Fed's September meeting.

Simplistically, tapering is the ending of economic stimulus policies. It's been hard for Americans to avoid headlines and statements about "tapering" in recent months, as economists and policymakers ...

Political pressures aside, the US Fed faces a difficult predicament with inflation and unemployment rising at the same time.