Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve started a rate-cutting cycle on Sept. 18, 2025, lowering its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to a range of 4.75% to 5%. The cut was the first since March 2020 after the Fed raised interest rates to a 23-year high point to cool the economy and quell inflation. The Fed cut rates two more times in 2024, each by 25 basis points. It has not cut interest rates so far in 2025.
Latest Posts
U.S. inflation hits two-year low as rent prices decline
Jul 12, 2023it’s just one report, and the Fed is likely to stay the course until signs point to a ‘break’ in the labor market, economists said.
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Job gains slow in June, but are probably still too hot to sway the Fed
Jul 07, 2023 -
Mortgage rates reach their 2023 peak
Jul 06, 2023 -
Mortgage rates stay put this week
Jun 29, 2023 -
Logan Mohtashami on whether the Airbnb bust is real
Jun 29, 2023 -
Mortgage rates decline (again). What does it mean for the summer home-buying season?
Jun 22, 2023 -
Existing home sales in May were slightly less bad than April
Jun 22, 2023 -
Homebuilders are all smiles right now
Jun 19, 2023 -
Mortgage rate relief won’t come until end of 2023 (or later), housing economists say
Jun 15, 2023 -
Logan Mohtashami on the Fed’s rate pause, and what they’ll do next
Jun 15, 2023 -
Fed pauses rate hikes in June. But how long will it last?
Jun 14, 2023 -
Chopra addresses upcoming decision on CFPB constitutionality
Jun 14, 2023
