Friday's bigger-than-expected drop in retail sales for January has prompted traders to nudge up their expectations for 2025 rate cuts by the Federal Reserve to as many as two. After the retail-sales ...

The Fed’s short-term rates matter, but the main action now is in the 10-year Treasury market, which influences mortgages, ...

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Rates on 30-year refinance loans dropped 8 basis points Thursday, reducing the average to the notable 7.00% mark. Last week, ...

Investors typically expect rising long-term rates to put pressure on stocks, especially when inflation spikes, but the S&P 500 SPX was up slightly for one week through Thursday, up 4.1% for 2025 and ...

Rewinding further, the 30-year average notched a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 10 months ago. They're also almost 1.2 percentage points cheaper than the ...

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Lower interest rates over the next several years will stifle net interest income growth. The company may have a greater opportunity to recruit advisors as it fills holes in its geographic footprint ...