The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls ...

Under normal circumstances, a pair of dissents in favor of a rate cut would be taken as a sign the Fed is taking a dovish turn, Tom Essaye, editor of Sevens Report Research, wrote in a Tuesday note.

The era of free money is over. The new normal is higher inflation, higher interest rates and painful choices.

The BOJ ended negative interest rates in March and raised its short-term rate target to 0.25% in July on the view Japan was on track to durably meet the bank's 2% inflation target.

Are volatile mortgage interest rates the new normal? The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage shot up to nearly 8% in late 2023. It fell to just above 6% last fall, bounced back above 7% in mid ...

Higher short-term interest rates would negatively impact both CEFL and the high dividend closed-end funds. I am still bullish on CEFL despite the price increases this year.

With its silly decision to hold rates, the Reserve Bank has shaken the faith of the financial markets, businesses and ...

The debate over Florida's state budget continues in Tallahassee, and the Federal Reserve decided to leave interest rates unchanged for the third time. As the budget battle continues in Tallahassee ...

In other words, there is an alternative to stocks should one choose to go down that road. One of the best things we saw during the DeepSeek selloff was the safe-haven buying interest in the Treasury ...

If the steps it takes are suitable, the economy, except for normal cyclical vicissitudes, should offer the kinds of returns that foster growth even at higher interest rates than exist today.