Mortgage rates are finally drifting down from their recent peaks, but the math on homeownership still does not work for a ...

The Federal Reserve's rate decision today is shaping up to be its most consequential of the year, with most economists predicting the first cut of 2025. The real suspense is over how deep the ...

The Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates during the pandemic to cool inflation. But the rate hikes caused some mortgage lenders to raise their rates, as well. This has kept housing costs ...

The broadest measure of inflation -- the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) -- has shown clear signs of tapering over the past year. However, a "core" component of the CPI-U remains ...

Compared to the pandemic-era record lows observed just a few years ago, mortgage rates feel uncomfortably high. But when someone points out that mortgages are still painfully expensive right now, a ...

The most important thing on Wall Street’s mind right now is interest rates. The stock market could initially deal with rising rates, as we saw from August through mid-December. But then rates rose far ...

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・Higher education consistently lowers unemployment risk. Federal data show that people with a bachelor’s degree or higher have unemployment rates roughly half those of individuals with only a high ...