Welcome to Investopedia's live blog of the Federal Reserve's December meeting. Here, we will bring you the latest news on the Fed's decision, explain what it means, and provide analysis. As was widely expected,

Fed officials are leaving their benchmark rate unchanged for a fifth straight meeting, a sign they expect inflation to ease.

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The Federal Reserve cut its influential fed funds rate in its September meeting. Follow along with our live coverage and analysis of the decision and press conference.

Fed study shows displaying Bitcoin's past returns to investors increases crypto allocations by 2 points and actual purchases by 2.5 points among households.

Bruce MacLaury, who served as the eighth president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis throughout the 1970s, has died at the age of 95.

Central banks were not originally created to manage every part of the economy. The Bank of England emerged in 1694 largely to help government borrowing, while America’s Federal Reserve was established in 1913 after the Panic of 1907 exposed weaknesses in the banking system.

The president of the Boston Federal Reserve visited New Hampshire on Saturday to hear from Granite Staters about the economy.