The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis ...

In the aftermath of the post-coronavirus pandemic inflation surge, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised interest rates 11 times in the span of about a year and a half, bringing the federal ...

Anticipation of the end of interest-rate increases and a soft landing helped boost the stock market in 2023. Most rate cuts have come during recessions, though there isn't one expected next year.

The two most significant topics on investors’ minds are interest rates and geopolitical escalations. For each of these topics, investors must understand that markets tend to act counterintuitively to ...

Certificates of deposits (CDs) continue to be worth considering as a component of your savings strategy in 2025. Yields on competitive CDs increased to historic highs in recent years, thanks to the ...

The Public Provident Fund (PPF) interest rate, currently at 7.1%, is due for a quarterly review on December 31, 2025. Despite ...

Discover how banks set loan interest rates, from Federal Reserve policies to market trends and borrower creditworthiness, for ...

It’s clear that business contingency planning should focus on the downside risk of recession rather than the upside from falling interest rates. This conclusion is driven by studying two sectors of ...

Stocks are riding high heading into 2024. A recovery from the 2022 bear market, excitement about new generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and expectations that interest rates will ...