As the Fed’s key interest rate ticked up, so did mortgage rates. The upswing cooled the U.S. real estate market as homeowners ...
Real interest rates are dictated by the rate of inflation. Higher inflation rates erode consumers’ purchasing power and the amount of interest earned from investments such as deposits.
In this post, I will begin by looking at movements in treasury rates, across maturities, during 2024, and the resultant ...
Multiple economic factors influence interest rates. Three types of interest rates, including real, nominal, and effective affect consumers' borrowing and investment choices. The nominal interest ...
(FHN, Bloomberg) Longer-duration yields that help finance the U.S. economy have been drifting higher since the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates in September. The mismatch likely ...
The Bank of England (BoE) have today announced their base rate is to be cut 25 basis points, leaving the Bank Rate - what we might simply call the interest rate - at 4.5 per cent, the lowest it has ...