Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower its benchmark interest rate by a ...

Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. In the ...

Lower interest rates will soften the prices consumers pay for debt — but people may not see an impact on their payments for a ...

Donald Trump has argued that the Fed would only cut interest rates close to the election to help his political opponents.

The Fed's decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points reflects its growing confidence in taming inflation and a renewed ...

But while the Fed’s action will surely have political consequences, it wasn’t a political decision. The straight economic ...

Market observers, however, had been divided over whether the Fed will impose its typical cut of a quarter of a percentage ...

The decline in mortgage costs, influenced by expectations of the Federal Reserve’s rate moves, could revive interest in ...

Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell sharply in August, despite mortgage rates plummeting that month.

The federal funds rate is the interest banks charge each other for overnight loans. Set by the Federal Reserve, it's a basis ...

The Federal Reserve made a 0.50 percentage point cut, double the typical reduction. Here's what's behind the decision.

Today's aggressive rate cut, doubling the widely expected 25 bps reduction, signals deepening concerns about the health of ...