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 ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 cuts interest rates a second time but economists say 2025 outlook uncertain
Many economists still expect another quarter-point cut ahead in December. But expect more debate on the Fed's path in 2025.
The Fed Is Cutting Interest Rates. But Here's Why Waiting to Refinance Your Mortgage Could Pay Off Even More
Should you refinance your mortgage in light of the Fed's rate cuts? Here's why holding off until the new year could work to ...
What will mortgage interest rates be in 2025? Experts weigh in
Most experts predict that mortgage rates will fall steadily in 2025, and forecasts from both the Mortgage Bankers Association ...
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 ...
What Mortgage Rates Looked Like the Last Time the Fed Funds Rate Was at This Level
The last time the federal funds rate was at this level, mortgage rates were not much lower than they are now. The bigger ...