Consumer prices heated up in April, the second month of the Iran war, solidifying that the Federal Reserve will hold interest rates for now and will also be on watch for higher energy costs creeping into other prices — a potential catalyst for rate hikes.

Price spikes because of the war in Iran and internal divisions on the central bank will make it difficult for the incoming Fed chair to cut interest rates quickly.

Will the Fed's dot plot be scrapped or modified under new Chair Kevin Warsh? Explore the implications for monetary policy, forecasts, and market transparency.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest quarterly checkup delivers a split-screen story: total household borrowing just hit another record high, while student loan borrowers, many freshly back in repayment,

For months, Wall Street has been obsessed with one question: how many times will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates this year? Two cuts? Three? Maybe more if the economy weakens? Investors have hung on every speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell looking for clues.

A reality check awaits the incoming Fed chair with tomorrow’s consumer inflation report for April. Headline inflation stays hot, while core and trimmed measures are relatively stable.

It's the dawn of a new era for Wall Street's foremost financial institution.

The United States financial system enters the summer of 2026 in a state that might best be described as cautiously stable. Banks are well capitalized. On the surface, most households are, by most measures,

A "hawkish" turn at the Fed and stubbornly high inflation could delay interest rate cuts, according to Bank of America economists.

Bond traders are shifting Fed rate bets toward possible hikes as inflation risks rise, with swaps and futures signaling a major change in market expectations.

Goldman Sachs doesn’t think the Federal Reserve will give the markets what they want. According to TheFly, the bank expects the next two Fed interest rate cuts to come in December 2026 and March 2027,