The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady next week, with investors focused on new central bank projections that will show how much weight policymakers are putting on recent soft data and how much risk they attach to unresolved trade and budget issues and an intensifying conflict in the Middle East.

Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities risk pushing back the timeline for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts as the US central bank waits to assess any potential impact on inflation, economists said.

Home equity borrowing rates fell for much of the last year, but will they drop again after the June Fed meeting?

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady next week, with investors focused on new central bank projections that will show how much weight policymakers are putting on recent soft data and how much risk they attach to unresolved trade and budget issues.

For context, one thing the central bank does is act as a bank for banks. And like a commercial bank pays interest on its clients deposits, the Fed pays interest on banks' reserves. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz has floated the idea of ending that practice and claims it could save $1.1 trillion over a decade.

The president has repeatedly berated Powell for not cutting rates as he desires. The two men met face-to-face for the first time last week.

While Fed rate decisions influence what you earn on savings, the type of bank and account you choose matters more than the actual rate change, making it important to pick high-yield options that respond to Fed moves.

(Reuters) -Futures that settle to the Federal Reserve's policy rate reflected rising bets that the U.S. central bank will deliver a pair of back-to-back interest rate cuts starting in September, after government data on Thursday showed US weekly jobless claims were steady at elevated levels.