The Fed sets short-term interest rates, but does not directly control mortgage rates, which tend to move in tandem with the yields on long-term bonds. Those long-term rates are dependent on investor ...

The split came into clear focus on Friday, the first day Fed officials spoke publicly in the wake of the decision earlier in the week to hold its benchmark interest rate steady in a range of 4.25%-4.5 ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates fell this week, but where they go next depends on inflation.

Readers’ letters on Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Reserve Bank’s next interest rate decision, West Australian Premier Roger ...

Today’s average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.85%, down 0.16 percentage point from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Borrowers may be able to save on ...

Inflation has been a constant for multiple decades. The Federal Reserve regularly prints new money, and the government ...

Futures indicate a 1.2 per cent drop for the ASX 200 on Monday as strategists say that full valuations demand earnings ...

A former senior advisor to the Federal Reserve (Fed) has been arrested and charged with a serious crime: conspiring to steal ...

But on the pesky other hand, the Federal Reserve is now concerned about reflation and has halted its interest rate-cutting cycle after just four months. One of their worries is Trump himself, who ...

With home prices high, American families are grappling with the prospect that homeownership might remain out of reach for ...

Higher tariffs could worsen the squeeze on American families by increasing their taxes, lowering their income, and requiring them to pay more for tariffed goods.