How Banks Determine Loan Interest Rates: Key Factors Explained

Discover how banks set loan interest rates, from Federal Reserve policies to market trends and borrower creditworthiness, for ...

Low Rates Sound Great. But a Trump Fed Could Cause a Painful ‘Sugar High.’

Dropping rates more than conditions warrant would stimulate the economy in the short term but could lead to trouble, our ...

Differentiating Open Market Operations and Quantitative Easing Explained

Learn how open market operations and quantitative easing differ in scale and purpose, impacting economic growth and monetary ...
MarketWatch

‘Inflation remains too high.’ Two Fed dissenters who rejected latest interest-rate cut explain why.

Two top Federal Reserve officials who voted against cutting U.S. interest rates this week said inflation remains too high and the central bank should have waited for more evidence that price increases ...
WRAL

The Fed just cut interest rates for the sixth time. Here’s why you’re not seeing much of a difference in your loans

(CNN) — Thanks to its latest decision on Wednesday – its final one for 2025 – the Federal Reserve has now reduced its key overnight lending rate by 1.75 percentage points since it began its ...

Should you lock in a mortgage rate before the January Fed meeting?

Mortgage rates are more affordable now, but is it worth locking one in before this month's Federal Reserve meeting?

‘Call This Idiot’: Trump Ordered Cabinet Secretary To Pressure Fed Chair To Cut Rates

In his new book, one-time Trump cabinet member Wilbur Ross claims the then-president threatened to remove Powell as Fed ...
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Scott Bessent says Fed is burning $100B a year with zero oversight. Is it hiding the truth?

The Federal Reserve is under rare public fire for how it handles its own balance sheet. Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent ...