The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Patients at North Carolina-based Atrium Health get what looks like an enticing pitch when they go to the nonprofit hospital system’s website: a payment plan from lender AccessOne. The plans offer “easy ways to make monthly payments” on medical bills, the website says. You don’t need good credit to get…

Building society says it expects relatively few of its customers to default on repayments in cost of living crisis

Inflation is more than double the headline wages growth – wages are lagging, not leading, Michael Pascoe writes.

The president of the European Central Bank is warning the bank may have to raise interest rates beyond merely withdrawing stimulus and into territory that could restrain growth

The high street building society also said mortgage activity was likely to slow next year

The changes follow three rounds of interest rate increases from the European Central Bank in recent months

Asian stocks are mixed after a Federal Reserve official suggested U.S. interest rates might have to be raised higher than expected to cool inflation

Although inflation eased slightly last month, the Fed has indicated a higher-than-expected final level of interest rates. This is expected to keep the high-growth Internet stocks under pressure in the upcoming months. Thus, it could be wise to sell fundamentally weak internet stocks Snap (SNAP), IAC Inc. (IAC), Zhihu (ZH),…

Housing announcements were scarce but the Budget will impact buyers, homeowners and sellers over the next few months and years. Is it all doom and gloom?

Fed official James Bullard says interest rates have to go even higher to bring down inflation, while others disagree.

Experts feel the property market has been 'ignored' in the Chancellor's statement despite the mortgage turmoil that has occurred since the mini budget