In the first half of 2025, rates hovered near the 6.8 percent to 7 percent range. Rates dropped steadily leading up to the ...

Looking to purchase a home or refinance your current one? Here are the interest rates you need to know right now.

In the aftermath of the post-coronavirus pandemic inflation surge, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised interest rates 11 times in the span of about a year and a half, bringing the federal ...

Interest rates continue to be in the news, with people wringing their hands and howling at the sky about just how high rates have gotten. The problem with this, of course, is that rates aren't that ...

Rising yields in the face of rate cuts tell us that demand for Treasuries is weak. This is a big problem for the federal ...

John C. Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said the central bank had scope to lower borrowing costs ...

What happens to the stock market after the Federal Reserve begins cutting interest rates? The unhelpful answer is that it depends. “Opinions aside, the imminent cut in the fed-funds rate has been a ...

The Federal Reserve’s stance has recently shifted from dovish to hawkish and back again, leaving investors uncertain about ...

Jack Caporal is the Research Director for The Motley Fool and Motley Fool Money and has worked full-time for the company since 2021. Jack leads efforts to identify and analyze trends shaping investing ...

The recent rise in inflation brought mortgage rates to the highest rates in over 20 years. The current 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate is 6.88% which is more than double what rates were during most ...

It’s clear that business contingency planning should focus on the downside risk of recession rather than the upside from falling interest rates. This conclusion is driven by studying two sectors of ...