Pressure on the Fed to trim interest rates is growing. In other words, the perception that the inflation problem is solved is ...

One prominent Bay Street economist says the Bank of Canada should have cut interest rates this week to stimulate an economy ...

The Bank of Canada will hold interest rates at 2.75% on Wednesday as policymakers await further news on an economy that grew ...

Monetary policy is termed "restrictive" when it sets interest rates high enough to dampen economic activity and curb inflation. Both inflation and economic activity have been decelerating recently.

Focusing on interest rates and capital expenditure can help investors to determine where we are in the business cycle. The rise and fall of economic growth is not a completely random ...

If you had $10,000 in the account, you’d earn $500 in interest after one year. Interest rates are fixed or variable, depending on the type of product you have and the financial institution you use.

We explore how investors can position their US Treasury, corporate bond, and non-US bond exposures in a falling interest ... By definition, cash cannot offer any price appreciation when rates ...

Given all that, you might reasonably expect the relationship between interest rates and inflation to be thoroughly understood by the economics establishment. Not so. Over the past two years ...

The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) declined to adjust interest rates after its first meeting of the year on Jan. 28 and 29, 2025. Starting in September, the FOMC lowered ...

Banks set money market account rates. The specific rate offered by an institution reflects the general interest rate environment and the bank’s economics. For instance, a new online-only ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday between 4.25% and 4.5% – exactly as interest-rate traders' bets had predicted a month ago. The traders' bets are now predicting there's ...

High housing costs have stalled many Americans' homebuying plans in recent years. But mortgage interest rates have dipped below their recent peaks, offering prospective buyers some relief.