While most economists believe that central banks set interest rates, in reality, they are set by time preferences of ...

December 10, 2025. That's the date when the final Federal Reserve meeting will conclude its final 2025 meeting and, with it, a now widely anticipated reduction to the federal funds rate. A rate drop ...

It wasn't that long ago when the average mortgage interest rate was comfortably over 7%. In August 2023, for example, the average rate on a conventional 30-year term was 7.31%, marking the highest ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 29, 2025 in New York City. Markets were up in morning trading as investors expect that the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — With news about interest rates rising and falling, it’s common to feel confused about what that could mean for the average person and their everyday life. While there’s a bit of ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday between 4.25% and 4.5% – exactly as interest-rate traders' bets had predicted after the policy-making body's meeting in June. Traders now see ...

While mortgage interest rates have been gradually declining for much of 2025, the drop has been most noticeable in the past two months. Right before the Federal Reserve issued its first rate cut of ...

Monitoring the interest rate climate for homebuyers and owners hoping to refinance can easily become a daily activity. And in the interest rate climate of recent years, it was often a disappointing ...