We present new evidence on the impact of fiscal variables on long-term interest rates and term premia in the United States. To alleviate endogeneity problems, we follow the seminal methodology by ...

The central bank remains cautious, even as calls for rate cuts grow louder from the White House and other policymakers.

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged up this week, ending a five-week decline in borrowing costs for homebuyers ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell has sketched out new conditions that could trigger rate cuts by summer’s end, but inflation remains a ...

New research from the Federal Reserve suggests a growing chance that interest rates could return to zero by 2032. This ...

Minutes from the Fed’s June policy meeting tease at a looming split over whether and when officials will resume rate cuts.

Many think interest rates are too high, and a growing chorus of voices is calling on the Fed to cut rates. Are they right?

The Bank of Canada will hold interest rates at 2.75% on Wednesday as policymakers await further news on an economy that grew faster than expected last quarter, with at least two more cuts likely ...

The natural rate of interest, also known as r-star, is a key variable for analyzing fiscal and monetary policy. A novel method of measuring this rate for the euro area uses a yield curve model ...

Why many assume interest rates will fall further - but no one really has a clue The UK central bank thinks Trump tariffs will be much less damaging than many assumed, with the impact not enough to ...

What's considered high-interest debt? High-interest debt can be identified as debt that charges a rate above the average federal student loan or mortgage rate, according to credit bureau Equifax.

Interest rates are a measure of the cost of a loan to a borrower. Typically expressed as a percentage, an interest rate is applied to the outstanding balance of a loan at regular intervals ...