Interest Rates

Expect: Greater Growth, a Lower Jobless Rate …

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 3, 2014 3:00 am

US average rate on 30-year home loan 4.29 percent

US average rate on 30-year home loan 4.29 percent

The Associated Press · May 1, 2014 5:26 pm

FILE - In this March 31, 2014, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks to community development professionals at the National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Chicago. In her first weeks as Federal Reserve chair, Yellen has made one thing clear: The Fed will keep all options open in deciding when to raise interest rates from record lows. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

Fed likely to reiterate flexible policy on rates

Martin Crutsinger · April 28, 2014 5:07 pm

Pro Russian militants stand in front of a gate with graffiti reading "Russ. Russian do not surrender", in Slovyansk , eastern Ukraine, Friday, April 25, 2014. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the West of plotting to control Ukraine and said the pro-Russian insurgents in the southeast would lay down their arms only if the Ukrainian government clears out the Maidan protest camp in the capital Kiev. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Russia credit rating cut amid Ukraine crisis

Nataliya Vasilyeva · April 25, 2014 12:22 pm

This March 21, 2014 photo shows a home for sale in North Andover, Mass. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates on Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Average US 30-year mortgage rate up to 4.33 pct

Josh Boak · April 24, 2014 3:06 pm

New Zealand raises key interest rate to 3 percent

New Zealand raises key interest rate to 3 percent

Nick Perry · April 23, 2014 9:32 pm

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks during a luncheon at the Economic Club of New York on April 16. Yellen said the U.S. job market still needs help from the Fed and that the central bank must remain intent on adjusting its policy to respond to unforeseen challenges. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Janet Yellen: Full employment, stable inflation ‘plausible’ by the end of 2016

Joseph Lawler · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

US average rate on 30-year home loan 4.41 percent

US average rate on 30-year home loan 4.41 percent

The Associated Press · April 3, 2014 7:04 pm

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday following a meeting of the ECB governing council. (AP/Michael Probst)

European Central Bank leaves rates unchanged amid falling inflation, considers quantitative easing

Joseph Lawler · April 3, 2014 4:00 am

This Friday, March 21, 2014 photo shows a new home for sale in Pepper Pike, Ohio. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates on Thursday, March 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Average US 30-year mortgage rate rises to 4.40 pct

Washington Examiner · March 27, 2014 11:22 am

Interest Paid on Gov’t Debt to ‘Dwarf Virtually Every Federal Expense’

Daniel Halper · March 26, 2014 10:01 am

People stand in front of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Asian stocks inched down Thursday after comments from the new head of the Federal Reserve suggested U.S. interest rates could rise sooner than financial markets were anticipating. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Asian markets bounce on upbeat US economic data

Kelvin Chan · March 21, 2014 12:30 am