The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage rose for the second week in a row, another setback for the U.S. housing market, ...

A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the U.S. is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as Trump has said.

Investors, not the Fed, control the interest rates that matter most to businesses and consumers. They might demand higher ...

Trump criticizes Fed chair Powell for keeping rates "artificially high," sending him a chart comparing global rates and claiming the U.S. is losing billions.

US Interest Rates Source: Federal Reserve, Morningstar. ... Even with recent cuts, interest rates are still high relative to recent history—not just when compared with the 2020-21 lows, ...

President Richard Nixon famously leaned on Fed Chair Arthur Burns to keep interest rates low going into the 1972 presidential ...

By stubbornly refusing to lower interest rates despite ample data urging him to do so, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is ...

The Federal Reserve once again opted to hold interest rates steady at its June meeting, marking the fourth consecutive time that it has done so. The central bank's overnight borrowing rate sits at ...