The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

This article explores private mortgages, an alternative financing option for borrowers who don't qualify for traditional bank loans. It discusses the qualification process, associated costs, approval timelines, and key requirements. While offering flexibility and potentially faster approval, private mortgages typically come with higher interest rates and require careful consideration of…

Brian Blank is a finance scholar and Fed watcher who researches how companies navigate downturns and make financial decisions, as well as how markets process information. Brandy Hadley is a finance professor who leads a student-managed investment fund and studies corporate decision-making and incentives. Together, they’re also the resident economic…

What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors

Despite jobs growing and interest rates tipped to drop, a variety of factors mean the economy could be tested soon

A credit union provides deposit accounts and lending products—just like a bank—plus a range of other services. The big difference is who owns the company.

Asian markets rose Monday after big gains on Wall Street, with traders welcoming below-forecast US inflation data that tempered worries that the Federal Reserve will take a more hawkish tone with interest rates next year.

"For investors, it is starting to look similar to 2022—too high inflation, rising interest rates, and falling stock prices."

Home buyers waiting for mortgage rates to fall should pay attention to several factors.

Dramatic economic slowdown means chancellor could face lower receipts and higher borrowing costs in 2025

Russia's central bank kept interest rates at 21 percent on Friday despite surging inflation, a surprise decision that follows criticism from the country's political and business elite over the effects of higher borrowing costs on the economy.

Russia's central bank maintains high interest rates to combat inflation amid military spending and sanctions, impacting economic activity and trade relatio...