Could Tariffs Push Interest Rates Higher? Here's What It Means for Your Wallet
Tariffs don't directly cause interest rates to rise, but they might be part of the recipe. Learn if rates will go up, and ...
Analysis-Leaving Fed Behind, Top Central Banks Have Room to Ease
FRANKFURT/ZURICH (Reuters) - Central banks around the globe have plenty of room to keep cutting interest rates, and a limited ...
Inflation data to test market as tariff talk swirls
A fresh look at the pace of inflation will test the U.S. stock market in the coming week, as investors worry that President ...
Solid Labor Market Gives Fed Cover to Extend Rate Pause
Across a number of metrics, the labor market looks remarkably stable even as it has cooled. Monthly jobs growth has stayed solid and the unemployment rate has barely budged from its current level of 4 ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Rates Down For Now, But Uncertainty Looms
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been trending lower, but where they go next depends on inflation.
Forecasting Error Puts Fed On Wrong Side Again
The Federal Reserve’s record of forecasting has frequently led it to respond too late to changes in economic and financial conditions. Read more here.
Wall St Week Ahead Inflation data to test market as tariff talk swirls
A fresh look at the pace of inflation will test the U.S. stock market in the coming week, as investors worry that President ...
Wildfires, snow and holiday shopping. Here’s what likely influenced Friday’s jobs numbers
Trump, via the Elon Musk-spearheaded Department of Government Efficiency, is in the process of gutting some federal agencies.
The Opening Salvo In Trump Trade War Two
Markets were recently rattled by three executive orders announcing tariff increases on Mexico, Canada, and China, marking an opening salvo of President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.89%, third straight weekly decline
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the third week in a row, a smidgen of relief for prospective ...
Should bond investors beware Trump tariffs? How proposed tariffs could hit bonds
The bond market has already begun pricing in the potential for higher interest rates. Even the day after Trump’s election ...
The Treasury Secretary Says Trump Wants Long-Term Interest Rates to Fall—It May Take a While
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump is looking for longer-term interest rates to fall.