Federal Reserve officials are determined to hold interest rates steady a little while longer, though an increasingly ...

As the Bank of Canada prepares for its next rate announcement on July 30, Canadian sentiment is heating up — and so is the ...

President Trump clashed with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as more lawmakers weigh in on a need for an interest rate ...

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on March 22, 2023. The Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of ...

Higher interest rates are starting to slow the economy, something the central bank says is necessary to restore balance between demand and supply. A slowdown, however, would come with consequences.

Inflation pressures are easing, which could give policymakers room to keep interest rates at or near current levels for the time being. Still, price gains remain well above the central bank’s 2% ...

When central banks are pressured by politicians into overheating the economy, everyone ends up getting burned.

Amid all the mounting political pressure on the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates, Chair Jay Powell is already ...

Bank of Canada Didn't Debate Hiking Interest Rates in March. Bank of Canada officials didn’t actively consider raising interest rates in early March and were “comfortable” that inflation would slow ...

Noelle Acheson points out that the GENIUS Act is right to ban interest on payment stablecoins, and suggests that the bigger ...

European Central Bank policymakers have begun to debate whether interest rates need to be lowered enough to start stimulating the economy, ending years of economic restriction, conversations this ...