Via arbitrage, the yield on a long-term bond should equate to investors’ expectations of the average federal-funds rate over ...
Like everyone else, Federal Reserve officials are watching and waiting to see what tariffs Donald Trump will impose and how they will affect the economy.
Recent research has identified periods when the Federal Reserve intentionally acted to slow inflation when it exceeded ...
Long-term interest rates are on the rise and there is no shortage of explanations from the usual suspects. One thing the ...
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 ...
Obi & Adetilewa Adebajo The interest rate spread is the difference between the interest rates charged on loans and the ...
The Fed uses interest rates "like a gas pedal and a brake pedal," Forbes said. Lowering rates stimulates the economy; raising ...
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hit pause on interest rate cuts in its first key decision of President Donald Trump’s second ...
Increasing oil prices and the weak rand are bad news for South Africa, but the South African Reserve Bank still has scope to cut interest rates later ... should come into effect on Sunday, seeing ...
The bond market’s moves might seem strange given that the Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates three times starting in September. But it’s a reminder that markets care more about the future than ...
Fed Governor Christopher Waller told CNBC on Thursday that the central bank could lower interest rates multiple times this year if inflation eases as he is expecting. "As long as the data comes in ...