Interest rates for credit cards to mortgages have jumped since the Fed began fighting inflation in 2022. Here's where experts think rates are headed.

TheStreet. The Federal Reserve hasn't had an easy job in 2025. The central bank is governed by a dual mandate to set rates at levels that encourage low unemployment and inflation—two often contradictory goals.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the economy is solid — and that it's also too early to tell how tariffs will affect it.