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A war of words over inflation and tariffs won't magically make interest rates tumble in the weeks ahead. And that's true even ...
In recent comments, some Federal Reserve officials have discussed the possibility of lowering the central bank's key interest ...
Fed's Powell says tariffs put its goals of low inflation and a stable economy in tension. So it will 'wait for greater ...
President Donald Trump can't wait for Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's "termination," after Chicago speech. Here's ...
The Consumer Confidence Index plunged in April, reaching the lowest level in five years, and reveals consumers' pessimism for ...
Trump has repeatedly urged Powell to cut the short-term interest rate that the central bank controls. The Fed typically ...
Mortgage lenders pay close attention to those yields because they represent the general cost of borrowing money over the long ...
CD rates are a product of their economic times, and we're currently in a rosy period. At other times in history, CD rates ...
Higher (or lower) rates can be painful in some ways and helpful in others. The key is being prepared to take advantage of the ...
The Federal Reserve can stay patient and wait to see how tariffs and other economic policies of the Trump administration play ...
The president putting this pressure on the Fed would not actually achieve his goal, if his goal is lower mortgage rates,” said Chen Zhao, Redfin economics head.
Read Less Expectations of a Bank of England interest rate cut in May blossomed on the news that inflation fell to 2.6% in the year to March, writes Kevin Pratt. The annual rate at which prices are ...