Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures eased last month
An inflation gauge that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve barely rose last month in a sign that price pressures ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Inflation Needs to Slow Further for Rates to Drop
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates went up after last week's Fed meeting, and they may not drop ...
What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer?
Some people expected a downturn in 2022 – and again in 2023 and 2024 – due to the Federal Reserve’s hawkish interest-rate ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | Rates Remain Elevated After Spiking Last Week
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are likely to remain elevated in the near term, and they may ...
What's the Outlook for Interest Rates in 2025?
The Federal Reserve has projected fewer cuts to its influential interest rate in the new year. Here's what it could mean for ...
What does 2025 hold for rates, inflation and consumers?
Count us as two financial economists hoping only certain inflation measures fall slower than expected, and everyone’s ...
How Should You Be Budgeting in 2025?
As consumers enter the new year, many make resolutions about what they want to do with their money in 2025. Certified ...
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Understanding the federal funds rate: What it is and how it affects your wallet
How does the federal funds rate affect interest rates for consumers ... If the Federal Reserve is successful in bringing inflation down, it might decide to begin lowering the federal funds ...
Sticky inflation creates rift at Fed over how much to cut rates
Which of these views prevails will depend, of course, on how much inflation slows in the next year. If the recent upturn in inflation proves to be a blip, the Fed could increase the number of rate ...
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Mortgage Rate Predictions for the End of 2024: What Comes Next?
Although experts optimistically predicted rates would fall close to 6% by the end of 2024, projections have changed ...
Will Inflation Accelerate And Force The Fed To Hike Rates?
Rising Federal deficits and debt, coupled with potential Trump tariffs, could exacerbate inflation, forcing the Fed to hike ...
The Fed avoided a recession in 2024. But it couldn't shake inflation.
The Federal Reserve did what many thought it couldn’t achieve in 2024, and yet in one respect it still ended the year the way it started — worried about stubborn price pressures.