The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Imagine, for just a moment, you’re an economic policymaker tasked with managing the path of an economy. Now envisage a set of economic conditions that makes your task near-enough impossible. That, unfortunately, is where many real-life policymakers find themselves today. There’s too little growth but there’s also too much inflation.…

Rising tuition costs, increasing student loan interest rates and a higher cost of living in the U.S. has left potential college students questioning the value of a college degree. Many students regret how much student loan debt they took out for their education; in a Bankrate survey about student loan…

As inflation in the United States reaches new heights, economists are debating how high the Federal Reserve will need to hike interest rates to curb demand and rein in price growth. Some commentators believe that the Fed will need to be as aggressive as Fed Chair Paul Volcker in the…

House prices in Australia are dropping at their fastest since the global financial crisis — and market conditions are "likely to worsen" as interest rates continue to rise, according to property analytics firm CoreLogic.