the Fed

noun

US, informal

: the group of officials (the Federal Reserve Board) who control the U.S. government's central banking system (the Federal Reserve System).

The Fed has decided to cut interest rates.

Examples of the Fed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All consumption is preceded by production, and since governments produce nothing (another certain applause line at Cato, Mises, AEI, Hoover, and Heritage), the innocent are reduced to asking if the Fed gets its consumptive power from Pluto? —John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Warsh can help by lifting the cost of credit to throttle both consumer and corporate spending, and sell bonds the Fed’s holding to target the latter. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 May 2026

With inflation running well above the central bank’s 2% target, markets are expecting the Fed to stay on hold this year then possibly start raising rates in early 2027. —Jeff Cox, CNBC, 29 May 2026

That could mean investors’ focus may shift back toward inflation, consumers’ behavior and the Fed’s path ahead for interest rates. —Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

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