The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

The worst kept secret on Wall Street? The Federal Reserve is going to start lowering interest rates at some point in 2024.

All aboard the momentum train! The U.S. stock market, led by top techs, continued its winning ways from 2023 at the start of this year. The Nasdaq, Dow and S&P 500 all rose more than 1% during January.

Most Asian stocks rose Thursday following another record on Wall Street, with strong earnings, a resilient US economy and Chinese moves to boost the country's markets playing up against fading hopes for an early Federal Reserve interest rate cut.

The main indexes carved out notable gains Wednesday thanks to well-received earnings from Chipotle and Roblox.

Two US Federal Reserve officials indicated Wednesday that the nation's central bank is on track to tackle inflation, but that it is still too soon to begin lowering interest rates.

Learn about Neel Kashkari's views on the US Federal Reserve's stance on interest rates, as he predicts 2 to 3 rate cuts for this year.

The Federal Reserve shifted monetary policy last week, though it took a few days for markets to realize it.

Escalating geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, and expectations of interest rate cuts would be positive drivers for gold this year, which is widely seen as a safe-haven asset. Amid this backdrop, it could be wise to invest in Wall Street darling gold stocks Alamos Gold (AGI), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Centamin (CELTF),…

How high can the S&P 500 (SPY) go without the Fed lowering rates? Steve Reitmeister says that 5,000 is a lid on stock prices with likely pullback, trading range and sector rotation to follow. Why is that? Read on below for more.