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

That was also the takeaway from Wednesday’s cooler-than-expected August personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge. — Alexa Lomonaco,jeff Nash, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

In August, Warsh said the Fed’s focus should be on prices but did not endorse a rate hike. — Taylor Millard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026

The combination of elevated inflation and a resilient labor market prompted the Fed to raise interest rates a quarter of a percentage point last month. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Citing resilient domestic spending, strong productivity growth, and robust capital investment, the Fed described economic activity as expanding at a solid pace. — Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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