'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 ...
Inflation Won’t Hit the Fed’s Target in 2025. Interest Rates Will Drop Anyway.
Inflation—the Fed’s primary bugbear for most of the past four years—has come a long way. The year-over-year increase in the ...
Trump and Fed Chair Powell could be set on a collision course over interest rates
President-elect Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell could be on a policy collision course in 2025 depending ...
Here’s What CD Rates Looked Like the Last Time the Fed Funds Rate Was at This Level
CD rates typically follow the direction of the federal funds rate. Though unlike the last time the fed funds rate was 4.50%-4 ...
If the Fed is cutting interest rates, why are mortgages and business loans costing more?
The central bank’s target rates and its much-publicized recent rate cuts don’t directly set long-term mortgage and business ...
What To Expect From The Fed On Interest Rates In 2025
Most expect the Federal Open Market Committee to cut interest rates in 2025. The question of how much will be informed by ...
Fed to lower rates in Dec but slow pace in 2025 on inflation risks: Reuters poll
The U.S. Federal Reserve will trim interest rates next month but make shallower cuts in 2025 than expected just a month ago ...
Fed's Schmid says it is uncertain how far interest rates can fall
It remains uncertain how far interest rates can fall, though the initial reductions made by the U.S. central bank are a vote ...
Fed December Interest Rate Decision Hangs On Economic Data
The Federal Open Market Committee will announce its next scheduled decision on interest rates on December 18. A rate cut is ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Rates Up as Investors Remain Uncertain About December Fed Cut
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been elevated this month, and whether they fall soon ...
Fed’s Williams Sees Inflation Cooling and Interest Rates Falling Further
John Williams, who heads the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, expects the economy to grow by about 2.5% next year.
How Low Can The Fed Go With Rates?
"While now is the time to begin dialing back the restrictiveness of monetary policy, it remains to be seen how much further ...