Rates on 30-year refinance loans dropped 8 basis points Thursday, reducing the average to the notable 7.00% mark. Last week, ...

The bond market shows unusual bear steepening, where long-term yields rise faster than short-term. Learn how investors should ...

The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more ...

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates at the fastest pace in 40 years during 2022 and 2023 in an effort to rein in ...

The Fed uses interest rates "like a gas pedal and a brake pedal," Forbes said. Lowering rates stimulates the economy; raising rates slows the economy down. The agency doesn't actually set the funds ...

For instance, banks typically pass along the Fed's rate hikes to consumers in the form of higher interest rates for longer-term loans, including home loans. Read more: Why Labor Data Matters for ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

The Bank rate is used as the basis to calculate the payment on due date interest rate. The current bank rate as set on January 30, 2025, is 3.25%. Government of Canada departments use the payment on ...

Financial experts and market watchers spend a lot of time predicting the timing of interest rate cuts and hikes based on the direction of the economy, with a special focus on inflation and the ...

Between tech busts, a financial crisis and a pandemic, not to mention periods of too little inflation and too much, the nation’s central bank has used short-term interest rates, along with other ...

In this post, I will begin by looking at movements in treasury rates, across maturities, during 2024, and the resultant shifts in yield curves.