Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he was more concerned about the risk of failing to stamp out high inflation than about the possibility of raising interest rates too high…

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the economy appears on track for more expansion this year, and that the central bank must meet market expectations for…

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal have dramatically raised the probability of recession, now putting it at 44% in the next 12 months, a level usually seen only on…

“Soft landings” are easier to find in the legendarium of central banks than in historical reality. It was a big week for interest rates. The Federal Reserve’s supersize rise was…

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said that if the economy performs in line with his expectations, he would support raising interest rates by another 0.75 percentage point at the central…

Several simple mathematical formulas used to inform where interest rates should be set under current economic conditions show that high inflation would call for the Federal Reserve to set rates…

TOKYO—The Bank of Japan maintained ultra-low interest rates on Friday, confirming that it won’t join the Federal Reserve and other major global central banks in tightening monetary policy. The Japanese…

The U.S. economy is starting to slow under the combined weight of soaring inflation and climbing interest rates—including the highest mortgage rates since 2008. Recent reports show sharp declines in…

The Federal Reserve approved the largest interest-rate increase since 1994 and signaled it would continue lifting rates this year at the most rapid pace in decades to fight inflation that…

A string of troubling inflation reports in recent days is likely to lead Federal Reserve officials to consider surprising markets with a larger-than-expected 0.75-percentage-point interest-rate increase at their meeting this…