Key takeaways Looking at the past four decades, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage peaked in 1981, rising just ...

The Federal Reserve decided to delay additional rate cuts for now and keep interest rates unchanged at its first meeting of ...

Policymakers left their benchmark rate unchanged amid signs that the economy is humming along, defying the president’s ...

In its first meeting of 2025, the Federal Reserve announced today that it will leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged.

Generally, when inflation is high and the economy is in overdrive, the Fed tries to pump the brakes by setting higher ...

Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.

The Fed paused rate cuts after its first meeting of the year — here’s what that means for your credit card, mortgage rate, ...

Mortgage payments have been rising for decades, but they've accounted for much more of household budgets in the last five ...

Yet, mortgage payments rose 50 years ago, too. Between 1971 and 1981 — also boosted by prices and rates — the typical monthly ...

You don't need $10K to earn a competitive rate on a CD. But if you have that much, you could rack up thousands of dollars in ...

After recently shooting up to their highest level since May, rates on 30-year mortgages have moved the other way—falling four ...

After notching a new 5-month peak at the start of last week, 30-year refi rates have dropped every day since. Rates moved ...