'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 ...
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Interest Rates Recently Did Something They Haven't Done Since March 2020, and It Could Trigger a Big Move in the Stock Market
Interest rates hit a two-decade high following the Federal Reserve's last hike in 2023. With inflation clearly trending lower ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Rates Hold Steady as Markets Wait for More Data
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Strong economic data has kept mortgage rates elevated, and they might only ...
CD Rates Mostly Held Firm This Week—But the Top Nationwide Offer Is Expected to End Soon
The best CD rates held their ground in all but one term this past week, meaning you can still snag a rate up to 5.50%. But ...
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A confrontation between Trump and the Fed might be inevitable
Forget the tariffs and mass deportations. The sleeper economic issue of the next few years — the one where President-elect Donald Trump could wreak the most permanent damage ...
Stock market today: Dow jumps 426 points as stocks end the week higher amid risk-on rally
Fundstrat's Tom Lee called Nvidia's earnings release a "clearing event" for the stock market and that investors' "animal ...
Fed rate cuts triumph over Trump’s economic policies: A defining market battle
The Federal Reserve's rate cuts are poised to shape the U.S. and global economies, potentially overshadowing the impact of ...
Trump picks Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary
If confirmed, Bessent will be tasked with implementing any tax cuts a Republican-controlled Congress may pursue.
Stock market today: Wall Street gains ground as it notches a winning week and another Dow record
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, giving the market its fifth gain in a row and notching another record high for the Dow ...
This Is the Best Strategy for Opening a CD Before the End of the Year
The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates twice this year -- once in September, and once earlier this month. And the reason for those rate cuts is that inflation has been slowing, which is good for ...
S&P 500 is on a 12-month tear as tariffs threaten 2025 outlook for U.S. stocks
David Kostin, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs Group, has forecast that the S&P 500 could rise to 6,500 by the end of next year. During a media briefing earlier this week, he said that ...
Wall St. gains ground as it notches a winning week and another Dow record
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted its fifth straight gain Nov. 22 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ...