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Commodities Corner: Why gold initially fell after the Fed decision to cut interest rates
Gold didn’t see a bullish price reaction to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to cut key interest rates for the first...
Bank of England says it would lift rates — if Brexit is ‘smooth’ and global economy recovers
The Bank of England on Thursday unanimously kept interest rates on hold, though it said it would lift interest rates if...
Bank of England says it would lift rates if Brexit ‘smooth’ and global economy recovers
The Bank of England on Thursday unanimously kept interest rates on hold, though it said it would lift interest rates if...
Lower Rates Already Hit Housing. They’re Not Helping Much.
If the market since mortgage costs recently fell is any indication, a similar move by the Fed may not have the impact it...
Why the Fed Cut Rates: To Try to Fix Last Year’s Mistake
Not a recession-fighting measure per se, but a recalibration of strategy, and a recognition that the world has changed.
The Fed: Fed cuts interest rates by quarter point, but rules out significant easing
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point but dismissed the need for further eas...
Fed Cuts Interest Rates for First Time Since 2008 Crisis
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate a quarter point as it tried to insulate the economy from President T...
Market Snapshot: Stocks slip after of Fed cuts interest rates
U.S. slipped Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point as expected...
The Fed Just Cut Interest Rates. Here’s What That Means for You.
The quarter-point cut is unlikely to get you a better mortgage rate. At least, not right away.
Market Extra: When the Fed cuts rates, here’s how the stock market tends to perform
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut benchmark borrowing costs for the first time in more than a decade on Wedn...
The Fed May Cut Interest Rates. Here’s What That Means for You
The expected quarter-point cut is unlikely to get you a better mortgage rate. At least not right away.
Market Extra: Here’s how the stock market tends to perform when the Fed cuts rates
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut benchmark borrowing costs for the first time in more than a decade on Wedn...
Student loan rates are dropping. Here's what you need to know
The interest rates on federal student loans will go down next year.
Economic Report: Mortgage rates tick up, but applications still hit a 9-year high
Rates for home loans were modestly higher, but consumer demand, as measured by applications for mortgages, remained robu...
Fed's Charles Evans tells CNBC rates can stay unchanged into fall of 2020
Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said on Monday that he'd be comfortable leaving interest rates alon...
No need for the Fed to enter 'panic mode' and cut rates now, says Moody's
Top White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow and Heritage Foundation fellow Stephen Moore have both said the U.S. Feder...
Economic Report: Mortgage rates plunge at the fastest pace in a decade as growth fears resurface
Rates for home loans tumbled in the wake of a more-dovish-than-expected Federal Reserve meeting which sent investors pil...
Likely Fed nominee Stephen Moore thinks rates should be cut by half a percentage point
The Heritage Foundation fellow backed off on earlier criticism he had for the Fed and specifically its chairman, Jerome...
Bond market says not only is a recession coming, but the Fed will cut interest rates to stop it
The bond market doubled down on scary warnings Monday, signaling both a possible recession is looming and that the Fed c...