Refinance Rates Hold Roughly Steady for Most Loan Types
Wednesday, but overall, refinance rates were essentially flat. Jumbo refinance loans were among those seeing a modest decline ...
Dow Jones Today: Stocks Slightly Lower Ahead of Comments from Fed Chair Powell; Disney Soars After Earnings
Stock futures are slightly higher Thursday as the market looks to rebound from a couple of lackluster days, with investors ...
Trump’s Ally Lummis Pushes to Sell Some of the Fed’s Gold to Buy Bitcoin
An ally of Donald Trump in the US Senate has a plan for filling up the president-elect’s proposed strategic Bitcoin stockpile ...
Missouri ranks 14th among states with smallest debt increases, WalletHub reports
Household debt continues to rise across the United States, reaching over $17.9 trillion across the United States through the ...
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The number of American filing for jobless claims falls to lowest level in 6 months
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in six months last week as layoffs ...
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Inflation remains stubborn as wholesale prices accelerate after Fed rate cuts
Fed Chair Jerome Powell, above. ZUMAPRESS.com Inflation has been moving toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% year-over-year target ...
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Fed Gov: independence "necessary" to achieve policy goals
In a speech, Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler said sound monetary policy comes when electoral politics are kept out of central banking.
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Why 2% Mortgage Rates Are a Thing of the Past
Mortgage rates, while still elevated, have fallen into the 6% to 7% range and should continue easing at a slow pace. But the ...
Fed Refuses to Back Basel Climate Plan, Leaving Talks in Limbo
US regulators led by the Federal Reserve have refused to endorse a plan that would have seen the Basel Committee on Banking ...
Higher U.S. interest rates should let dollar keep appreciating: strategist
The possibility that U.S. interest rates will need to remain more elevated than they would otherwise be is a key reason the dollar should keep strengthening, according to one strategist. Federal Reser ...
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Central bank independence 'fundamental' for good policy: Fed official
An independent central bank is "fundamental" to good economic outcomes, a senior Federal Reserve official said Thursday, amid ...
Top Federal Reserve official defends central bank’s independence in wake of Trump win
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve official gave a lengthy defense of the central bank’s political independence Thursday, ...