Interest Rates

Mortgage demand fell last week as mortgage rates rose. FILE- In this Feb. 20, 2019, file photo a coming soon for sale sign sits in front of a home in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas. On Tuesday, March 26, the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for January is released.

Mortgage demand tanks as mortgage rates rise past 7% again

Zach Halaschak · February 21, 2024 10:54 am

Inflation proving stickier than expected has dashed hopes for quick Fed rate cuts

Zach Halaschak · February 18, 2024 4:00 am

Wholesale inflation A shopper pushes his cart past a display of packaged meat in a grocery store in southeast Denver. Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy's inflationary pressures cooled last month.

Inflation comes in hotter than expected at 0.9% in January in producer price index

Zach Halaschak · February 16, 2024 8:35 am

After years of running low, inflation has picked up in recent months. (iStock)

Faith, Freedom & Self-Reliance

Why the inflation numbers are a head fake

James Rogan · February 13, 2024 3:55 pm

Inflation dropped to 3.1% in January but still hotter than expected

Zach Halaschak · February 13, 2024 8:33 am

S&P 500 closes above 5,000 for first time in latest Wall Street milestone

Associated Press · February 9, 2024 5:27 pm

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. For President Joe Biden, the past few days have raised hopes that the U.S. economy can stick a soft landing — possibly avoiding a recession as the 2024 election nears.

Latest jobs report is just good enough to give investors a wake-up call

Tiana Lowe Doescher · February 8, 2024 9:26 pm

The eight biggest U.S. banks, like Bank of America, would have to roughly double their capital levels to qualify for Rep. Jeb Hensarling's plan. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

Rates are up everywhere — except on one product that would help millions

Joseph Lawler · February 7, 2024 6:00 am

Biden and Trump throw sharp elbows over the economy as reelection rematch takes shape

Naomi Lim · February 3, 2024 5:00 am

President Donald Trump announces Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell as his nominee for the next chair of the Federal Reserve in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.

Trump says he’ll replace Fed Chairman Powell and accuses him of aiding Democrats

Zach Halaschak · February 2, 2024 4:55 pm

The Fed opted to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday.

Fed rate cut now not expected until May

Zach Halaschak · February 1, 2024 3:26 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, construction is underway at a housing development in Zelienople, Pa. The Commerce Department reports on sales of new homes in August on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Fairness & Justice

Why the housing market looks stronger in 2024

James Rogan · February 1, 2024 6:00 am