The Federal Reserve just lowered its benchmark rate by 0.50 percentage points. Here's how the move could impact your finances.

On the other hand, home equity loans typically have fixed rates, set when you take out the loan. So, if you currently have a HELoan, its rate won’t change with the Fed’s cut. You might want to consider refinancing to snag those lower rates. (More on that later.) Of course, new home equity loans can, and do, reflect any rate change by the Fed.

After years of rate hikes in its effort to tame rising inflation, the central bank has elected to do something it hasn’t done since 2020: make a cut. While on one hand the Feds

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Friday, pausing after the previous session's rally set Wall Street's main indexes on track for weekly gains following the Federal Reserve's pivotal stance on monetary policy earlier in the week.

Wall Street romped to records as a delayed jubilation swept markets worldwide following the Federal Reserve's big cut to interest rates.

Wall Street jumps to record highs as global markets cheer Fed rate cut.

Stocks jumped Thursday morning as investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s eye-popping half-point interest rate cut.

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

For the first time in four years the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. It's a big deal but why? Finance professor Dan Roccato explains.