Anticipation over a Federal Reserve interest rate cut, which was barely registering a few weeks ago, is now growing to a fever pitch. Following an unemployment report that showed the rate increasing to its highest level since October 2021 and new data this ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve reduced its key interest rate for the third time in a row Wednesday but signaled that it may leave rates unchanged in the coming months, a move that could attract ire from President Donald Trump, who has demanded steep ...

Sentiment has shifted dramatically in favor of an interest rate cut. Top officials at the Federal Reserve have displayed a rare degree of public disagreement over a possible interest rate cut next month. In recent days, sentiment shifted dramatically in ...

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said Thursday that recent inflation data has been encouraging, raising the possibility of additional interest rate cuts next year if current trends

Federal Reserve governor Stephen Miran said the U.S. economy is "calling for large interest rate cuts" and warned that current monetary policy is "holding the economy back" by keeping borrowing costs too high and pushing the unemployment rate upward.

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The country is in an unusual economic moment, with a weakening labor market and above-target inflation levels. Those factors are keeping mortgage rates from moving much.

Mortgage rates are the quiet line item that can add or erase six figures from the cost of a home, yet the jargon around them often makes buyers tune out. I want to strip that down to plain language, explain what today's numbers really mean for your payment,