Learn what a pass-through rate is and how it determines net interest for investors in mortgage-backed securities. Understand ...

After two years of restrictive monetary policy, it seems that interest rates are trending down potentially even further as the year draws to a close. Processing Content As inflation cools and the ...

The Federal Reserve is expected to lower interest rates at the end of its two-day meeting on Wednesday. Many types of consumer loans are impacted when the Fed trims its benchmark. Here’s how a rate ...

Investors once again find themselves in the midst of a rate-lowering cycle. On Sept. 17, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal-funds rate by a quarter point. This rate cut, the first since December ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday the Federal Reserve‘s system of managing interest rates is struggling and needs to be simplified. “We’ve gotten to this point where monetary ...

More buyers are turning to adjustable-rate mortgages, which offer lower initial rates than fixed-rate loans. Some ARMs could shave almost a percentage point off the 30-year fixed rate, recent data ...

Anticipation over a Federal Reserve interest rate cut, which was barely registering a few weeks ago, is now growing to a fever pitch. Following an unemployment report that showed the rate increasing ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 29, 2025 in New York City. Markets were up in morning trading as investors expect that the ...

When the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, the effects ripple far beyond Wall Street. From past rate-cutting cycles, we’ve learned that income-focused trusts can struggle when interest rates are ...

WASHINGTON, DC —Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference at the end of a Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Oct. 29, 2025. The Fed announced its second consecutive ...