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

But many of the president’s own policies, from taxes to tariffs to the war in the Middle East, have driven inflation higher – so much so that the Fed’s next step could just as easily be hiking rates as cutting them. —Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026

Trump has brought his penchant for real estate development to the White House (just look at the East Wing), perhaps explaining his focus on the Fed’s brick-and-mortar activities. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

Warsh was a member of the Fed's governing board from 2006 to 2011, and is married to Jane Lauder, the daughter of billionaire cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder, a major Republican donor. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026

Critics fear that Trump is not likely to back off efforts to make the Fed more pliant, prompting calls for autonomy. —Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026

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