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.
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Instead, the Fed focused on Wall Street, lending more than $100 billion to buy corporate debt, keep money-market mutual funds whole, help investment banks, and prop up investors who otherwise would have lost money.
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Aaron Klein, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
That the question about Powell is even unclear is a sign of the times with a president who, in unprecedented ways, openly seeks control of Fed policy and a Fed chair who has defiantly resisted that encroachment and tried to protect the Fed’s independence.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
The sharp drop in mortgage rates over the latter half of 2025 owed in part to data showing a slowdown in hiring, which heightened expectations that the Fed would slash interest rates in an effort to boost the ailing labor market.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2026
Markets have already priced in much of the Fed's recent activity, but further improvements in inflation or softening labor data could support additional declines.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
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Aaron Klein, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
That the question about Powell is even unclear is a sign of the times with a president who, in unprecedented ways, openly seeks control of Fed policy and a Fed chair who has defiantly resisted that encroachment and tried to protect the Fed’s independence.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
The sharp drop in mortgage rates over the latter half of 2025 owed in part to data showing a slowdown in hiring, which heightened expectations that the Fed would slash interest rates in an effort to boost the ailing labor market.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2026
Markets have already priced in much of the Fed's recent activity, but further improvements in inflation or softening labor data could support additional declines.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
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“The Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Fed. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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