Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping ...
The divergence of opinion on the future of monetary policy is likely to only grow in 2026 as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell ...
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points at its final meeting of 2025, but the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ...
"Mortgage interest rates went down before the Fed cut rates in September but went up after," says Ali Wolf, chief economist ...
As of January 2, 2026, the average mortgage interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 5.99%, while the average rate on a ...
Fed rate cuts could ease credit card and deposit rates, but auto loans and mortgages may stay high due to risk and long-term inflation expectations.
The Fed heads into 2026 divided over rate cuts as mixed economic signals and a new Trump-appointed chair test policy ...
Federal Reserve policymakers were split on December's rate cut decision, with multiple dissents revealing disagreements over ...
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Anna Paulson said modest additional interest-rate cuts could be appropriate ...
The central bank has long abused its power in ways that benefit the financial sector at the expense of everyone else.
Paulson will have a vote this year on the interest-rate setting Federal Open Market Committee. Last year the FOMC trimmed its ...
Redfin, a Seattle, Washington-based real estate giant, forecasts average 30-year fixed mortgage rates will remain in the low ...