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May employment data showed 139,000 jobs added, higher wages, and unemployment at 4.2%. But despite some asterisks to the ...
Longer-run interest rates are influenced by the Fed but only indirectly ... the Fed will continue to push the federal-funds rate lower in 2026. By mid-2027, our forecast is 125 basis points ...
For undergraduates, interest rates on federal student loans are 6.39% for the 2025-26 academic year — marking the first time ...
If inflation or the jobs market deviate from where they should be, the Fed adjusts the federal funds rate (overnight interest rates) to influence economic activity and bring them back into line.
Projected output for 2026 was knocked back from ... release new projections on the economy. The Fed is in the middle of a pause on its interest rate cuts, and markets fully expect the central ...
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With the Fed expected to hold its key interest rate steady at the end of a two-day ... lowering rates twice this year and three times in 2026, once more than the research firm previously forecast.
Homebuyers who checked mortgage interest rates on Monday of this week and then checked them again after the Fed meeting may have been surprised to see the same or a slightly altered rate offer.
The Federal Reserve held the line on Wednesday on its benchmark interest ... rate targeted in a range between 4.25 percent and 4.5 percent, where it has been since December. However, the Fed ...
This week’s cut in the Federal Reserve’s key interest rate makes it a good time for consumers to think about how to take advantage of the first tick down in interest rates since 2020.