The data, published in a new report by Statistics Canada last Wednesday, signaled profound changes in the nation's demographic landscape. A rate of 1.25 is well below the replacement threshold of 2.1, ...
What a difference a year can make. In 2024, Stephen Miran argued in Barron’s that the Federal Reserve was holding its federal-funds target rate too low. Now he contends that the central bank is ...
The Federal Reserve’s rate cut this week is rippling through the housing market, sending mortgage rates lower and spurring a jump in refinancing. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.26% for the ...
Ivanna Hampton: A change in priorities prompted the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates for the first time in 2025. Fed Chair Jerome Powell says a softening job market is carrying more risk than ...
The dollar recovered after hitting a 2025 low as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on a weakening job market. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index traded 0.2% higher after dropping as much as 0.4% ...
Mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest levels in three years, making the third straight week of declines as President Donald J. Trump continues to make good on his promise to lower costs for the ...
Refis jump almost 60%; ARM share climbs to highest since 2008 Mortgage applications charged ahead last week as mortgage rates dropped to their lowest levels in nearly a year, sparking a rush in ...
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The dollar fell across the board on Tuesday, hitting a four-year low against the euro, as investors firmed bets for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut this week. The ...
Update: This story has been updated with the latest low mortgage rate from Tuesday, Sept. 16. Mortgage rates dropped to a new yearly low on Tuesday, dropping as low as 6.13% according to Mortgage News ...
Peru cut interest rates to the lowest level since 2022 after inflation unexpectedly plunged last month. The central bank reduced its benchmark rate to 4.25% from 4.5% on Thursday, as forecast by eight ...
Mortgage rates edged toward a new yearly low in the wake of weak job market data and ahead of a key Fed meeting. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 6.35% in the week through Wednesday, ...