You may have seen the term “APR” while shopping for auto loans, mortgages or credit cards. It stands for “annual percentage rate” and describes the yearly cost of carrying an unpaid balance in various ...

The Federal Reserve’s decision on whether to cut interest rates again depends heavily on the uncertain “neutral rate,” the level at which policy neither slows nor stimulates the economy. With rates ...

The pandemic-era days of 3% mortgage rates are behind us, but today’s rates have lowered to just above 6%. With rates trending downward, homebuyers may wonder whether now is the time to buy or to wait ...

Mortgage rates near 6% are the lowest they've been in about three years. Saving even one percentage point on your rate can meaningfully lower monthly payments and the interest you pay over the life of ...

Jerome Powell is due to retire as chair of the Federal Reserve on May 15. President Donald J. Trump announced last Friday that he was nominating Kevin Warsh to replace Powell in that role. The U.S.

Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, may be a pick out of “central casting,” as the president says. But some economists are skeptical that he will ...

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would nominate Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve to succeed Jerome H. Powell, whose term expires in May. Powell has been under ...

President Trump will nominate Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor, to be the next chair of the central bank. Warsh has advocated for lower interest rates and a smaller balance sheet at the Fed.

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday amid what U.S. central bank chief Jerome Powell described as a solid economy and diminished risks to both ...

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at the conclusion of its first policy decision of 2026 on Wednesday. At a time when many U.S. households are concerned about affordability challenges, ...

Right before the Federal Reserve met in September 2025, mortgage interest rates plunged, largely on expectations that the central bank would cut rates that day (and it did). The same dynamic played ...

Yesterday, US health insurance stocks took an almighty beating, as news broke that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services ("CMS") had announced a proposed rate increase for Medicare Advantage ...