The Federal Reserve in 2025 is in the midst of a rate ... hiking cycle and currently sit near a record low, as the Apollo chart shows below: The rate hikes – 11 in total – did hurt households ...

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday at a target range of 4.25% - 4.50%. This was widely expected, but the central bank also took a more hawkish stance on future rate ...

As shown in the chart above, the market's reaction to the latest Fed statement is part of a longer-term process of lowered rate-cut expectations over the past several months, largely starting with ...