Here’s What Moves Mortgage Rates—and Why It’s Not Always the Fed
When the Federal Reserve raises or lowers its benchmark interest rate, many people expect mortgage rates to follow suit. But ...
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Fed Governor Cautions Against Early Rate Cuts, Defends Community Banks
At the New England CEO Summit today, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle W. Bowman warned against cutting rates too often, and ...
Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Rose Again at the End of 2024
The Federal Reserve declined to cut interest rates any further at its latest meeting—and the Fed’s preferred inflation metric now ...
Fed Declines to Cut Interest Rates Further; Chair Says Housing Has Stabilized
Above, Jerome Powell At the Federal Reserve’s first 2025 press conference January 29, following a two-day meeting, Fed Chair Jerome ...
Inflation Up for the Third Straight Month, Though Economists See Silver Lining
Inflation continues to rise after a seven-month decline from early in 2024, reversing the trend seen from March to September, ...
Fed Predicts Inflation Will Fall, but Slower Than Anticipated in 2025
The Federal Reserve (Fed) has predicted that inflation will continue to slow in 2025, albeit at a slower pace than ...
Fed’s Top Banking Regulator Stepping Down as Trump Assumes Power
The Federal Reserve's chief banking regulator will resign in February, avoiding a potential showdown with President-elect Donald Trump who was ...
Fed Cuts Interest Rates by a Quarter-Point, Third Cut This Year
As widely expected, Federal Reserve (Fed) officials lowered interest rates again, marking the third cut this year—although markets wobbled based ...
2024: The Housing Market That Didn’t Happen
At the end of last year, forecasters were bullish on the 2024 housing market. The Fed was going to cut ...
Inflation Up Again, According to December Consumer Price Index
After a year of inflation coming down, the last stretch of 2024 has seen a reverse course, per the latest ...
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