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WASHINGTON, DC —Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference at the end of a Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Oct. 29, 2025. The Fed announced its second consecutive ...
December 10, 2025. That's the date when the final Federal Reserve meeting will conclude its final 2025 meeting and, with it, a now widely anticipated reduction to the federal funds rate. A rate drop ...