Say you have a 5-year, $30,000 car loan with a fixed 6% interest rate. Every month, a portion of your $580 payment goes to your principal amount, or the amount you borrowed.

To find out the amount of interest you'll pay, multiply the interest rate (0.5) by the term (3) by the initial amount ($5,000). Your total interest payment over the life of the loan will be $750.

Analysis projects that a typical borrower will be forced to pay more than $3,500 per year, or $300 per month, as interest resumes.

Required rate of return (RRR) gives investors a benchmark to determine the minimum acceptable return on an investment considering the risk involved. By calculating RRR, investors can assess ...

Not all interest rates work the same. Your choice among these two main types come down to how you save and how you borrow. Here's what to know about fixed and variable rates.

Assuming inflation remains near 2%, interest rates will likely continue to trend lower. The FOMC projects a fed funds rate of just 3.4% by the end of 2025.

The natural rate of interest, also known as r-star, is a key variable for analyzing fiscal and monetary policy. A novel method of measuring this rate for the euro area uses a yield curve model ...