By design, U.S. Treasury I bonds will always out-pay inflation. So if tariffs push inflation up, will I bond rates increase, ...

Jason Furman, former top economic adviser to President Obama and now at Harvard University, says the Fed's independence is important. "No president is going to do a good job at setting interest rates, ...

Mortgage demand continues to drop as mortgage rates climb to a 2-month high. Refinance demand is hit the most, while ...

The marketplace for federal government bonds is central to the U.S. economy because its trends have a radiating effect on ...

Involuntary collections on defaulted student loans will resume on May 5 and the Department of Education will conduct outreach ...

Brainard: If so, it is not a smart strategy. Hitting working families with huge price hikes, raising the risk of throwing the ...

President Donald Trump said once again on Friday that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should lower interest rates.

President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on the Federal Reserve and chair Jerome Powell over frustrations about its ...

But that option was practically eliminated by Trump’s announcement. The bank’s benchmark steers rates throughout the economy. Lower interest rates make it less expensive to borrow money and buy goods ...

The Federal Reserve can stay patient and wait to see how tariffs and other economic policies of the Trump administration play ...

Punjab National Bank (PNB) has cut its rate from 9.1% to 8.85%, effective from April 10, 2025. There are no changes to the bank’s existing marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) and ...