The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis ...

In the aftermath of the post-coronavirus pandemic inflation surge, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised interest rates 11 times in the span of about a year and a half, bringing the federal ...

Certificates of deposits (CDs) continue to be worth considering as a component of your savings strategy in 2025. Yields on ...

Anticipation of the end of interest-rate increases and a soft landing helped boost the stock market in 2023. Most rate cuts have come during recessions, though there isn't one expected next year.

The two most significant topics on investors’ minds are interest rates and geopolitical escalations. For each of these topics, investors must understand that markets tend to act counterintuitively to ...

The Public Provident Fund (PPF) interest rate, currently at 7.1%, is due for a quarterly review on December 31, 2025. Despite ...

Investors often express enthusiasm for potential rate cuts by the Fed, anticipating that lower interest rates will stimulate economic growth. However, an analysis of historical data suggests that ...

It’s clear that business contingency planning should focus on the downside risk of recession rather than the upside from falling interest rates. This conclusion is driven by studying two sectors of ...

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 ...