The first step, consumer finance experts say, is to ask your card issuer to reduce the rate. And with average balances now $6,500, consider using your tax refund to put a dent in the debt.

In his postgame interviews analyzing the play of his basketball team, UCLA coach Mick Cronin is spot on. The problem is that as the coach, his prime duty is to fix these identified shortcomings, not ...

Mortgage rates on Friday fell below 6% for the first time in years, after President Donald Trump ordered his “representatives” to begin buying $200 billion worth of mortgage bonds, his latest push to ...

Mortgage rates have been effectively unchanged for 5 straight days now. During that time, the MND 30yr fixed rate index hasn't moved by more than 0.01%. The average borrower would see almost exactly ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets seem to have been knocked out of their orbits, floating through space free ...

Some Federal Reserve officials want to keep interest rates unchanged “for some time” after making three rate cuts this year, minutes from the latest Fed meeting showed. These officials said that ...

Social Security’s 2.8% COLA for 2026 may not keep pace with inflation if tariffs drive costs higher. COLAs are based on worker spending patterns rather than retiree spending, leading to insufficient ...

The 2025 college football season wraps up with more than 40 bowl games over the rest of December and into January. That can make it hard to keep track of just when and where all the games are taking ...

Bank of Japan Lifts Rates to 30-Year High; Data Problems in U.S. Inflation Report Will Linger for Months By Vicky Ge Huang The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate target to its highest level in 30 ...

Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates for the third straight meeting on Wednesday while signaling there may be only one cut next year as rates get closer to a neutral level. The Fed lowered ...

WASHINGTON ‒ With consumers focused on affordability heading into the holiday season, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he hears Americans’ concerns over high costs “loud and clear.” Still, it ...

After a month of handwringing over inflation, unemployment and a lack of federal economic data, Wall Street got its answer from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. And it was yes. The central bank’s ...