NPR's A Martinez speaks with historian and legal scholar Peter Conti-Brown about Wednesday's vote of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting body, which saw two dissenting votes.

The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged at 4.25% to 4.5% and offered no clues on whether it will resume its rate cuts in September.

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The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut. The Fed’s decision Wednesday leaves ...

The Federal Reserve is leaving its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated ...

The central bank kept its target rate at a range of 4.25% to 4.50%, but two policymakers disagreed with the decision.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — In one of the most scrutinized – but least surprising – monetary policy decisions in recent memory, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it will hold interest rates steady for ...

The U.S. central bank held interest rates steady on Wednesday and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's comments after the ...

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady Wednesday amid internal divisions over the path of ...

The Federal Reserve's decision to maintain current interest rates drew unprecedented dissent, marking the first time in over ...

On Wednesday, Trump seized on a report showing the economy expanded at a 3% annual rate in the second quarter as evidence ...