Why Trump’s tariff plans could lead to higher interest rates
President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to impose stiff tariffs against America’s three biggest trading partners is widely ...
Wall Street weekly outlook: Jobs data set to pave way for rates path, stocks
Stocks are heading into December with the benchmark S&P 500 near record highs following an over 25% year-to-date gain.
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Interest Rates Recently Did Something They Haven't Done Since March 2020, and It Could Trigger a Big Move in the Stock Market
Interest rates hit a two-decade high following the Federal Reserve's last hike in 2023. With inflation clearly trending ...
Inflation rate climbs for the first time since the summer. Fed weighs how much to cut rates.
The rate of inflation rose in October and moved further away from the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal, confirming a recent uptick ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Where Rates Go Next Is Still Uncertain
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are supposed to drop next year, but that hinges on inflation ...
'Padding the profit margin': Why are interest rates still rising on store credit cards?
The Federal Reserve hasn’t raised interest rates since the summer of 2023. But America’s retailers apparently didn’t get the ...
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ECB Can Lower Rates Independent of Fed Moves, Villeroy Says
“The decisions we make at the ECB with Christine Lagarde are independent of those of the Fed,” the French central banker ...
What Mortgage Rates Looked Like the Last Time the Fed Funds Rate Was at This Level
The last time the federal funds rate was at this level, mortgage rates were not much lower than they are now. The bigger ...
Trump Should Challenge the Fed’s Policies
An independent agency of government shouldn’t have such enormous power to skew financial outcomes.