Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping ...

"Mortgage interest rates went down before the Fed cut rates in September but went up after," says Ali Wolf, chief economist ...

Monetary policy isn’t the only macro driver. Fiscal decisions increasingly influence the same variables traders associate ...

Officials at the central bank have splintered over whether rising unemployment or elevated inflation poses the bigger ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months, a move that could attract ire ...

The Fed’s decision to cut rates marks a turn from the inflation-fighting stance of the past two years. Lower policy rates ...

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the third time since September, bringing its key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years. Before ...

Home equity borrowing rates have been on the decline over the last 18 months. While home equity line of credit (HELOC) rates averaged 9.18% last June, the same rates now sit just below 8%, according ...

Federal Reserve cuts its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, bringing the federal-funds rate to 3.50 %–3.75 % — the lowest in nearly three years. The decision, made amid internal ...

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