Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Interest rates: What are they and how do they affect inflation?

The Bank of England has raised interest rates to their highest level in 13 years

The Independent UK

Asia stocks mixed after Wall St gain, Powell warns on rates

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose and the Federal Reserve's chairman said it will raise interest rates further if needed to cool inflation

The Independent UK

Powell says Fed will ‘keep pushing’ until inflation comes down

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, in his most hawkish remarks to date, said the US central bank will raise interest rates until there is “clear and convincing” evidence that inflation is in retreat.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Powell: Fed to keep hiking rates until it controls inflation

Chair Jerome Powell underscored the Federal Reserve’s determination to keep raising interest rates until it has brought inflation under control — a high-stakes effort that carries the risk of causing an eventual recession

The Independent UK

Pound jumps as jobs data fuels interest rate bets

THE pound rallied hard today as markets bet that interest rates are now certain to quickly go higher.

Evening Standard

6 High-Yield Dividend Stocks To Buy And Hold In A Volatile Market

During periods of stock market weakness, investors can still generate yield from high-quality dividend stocks. The Federal Reserve has already raised interest rates by 0.75% so far in 2022, but there are plenty of high-yield dividend stocks paying 6% or more at current prices.

Benzinga

Federal student loan interest rates will increase for the 2022-23 academic year

Federal student loan interest rates are set to rise for the 2022-23 academic year, following the U.S. Treasury Department’s 10-year note auction on Wednesday afternoon. The new rates will be 4.99 percent for undergraduate loans, 6.54 percent for graduate Direct Unsubsidized Loans and 7.54 percent for PLUS loans. These rates…

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Asian shares mixed as markets eye US interest rates, prices

Asian shares are trading mixed, as investors eye surging energy costs and prospects for interest rate hikes in the U.S. and elsewhere

The Independent UK

Martin Lewis warning to anyone with loan or mortgage over cheapest deals

Martin claimed there were more than 50 fixed-rate mortgage deals with interest rates below 1% back in October. Fast forward to May 2022 and the cheapest fixed rate is 2.1%.

Nottingham Post

Morgan O'Connell's money column: Make just one change, hidden food costs and money mind tricks

Our columnist also lays out the latest on mortgage interest rates and how it'll affect you

Irish Mirror

How The Fed's Interest Rate Hike Affects Crypto

This week has been quite the rough one for the cryptocurrency market. After enduring several days of consistently falling prices last week, we saw Monday come with even more bad news as coin prices took further tumbles.

Benzinga

CLSA Expects SoftBank To Focus More On Buybacks Than High Growth Stocks Like Alibaba

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) may, for the first time, spend more on share buybacks than investments through its landmark Vision Fund as the firm goes into "defense" mode, according to CLSA's Oliver Matthew. "I think that the comments yesterday from Masayoshi Son made it very clear we're in defense round…

Benzinga

Bitcoin Set for Record Losing Streak as ‘Stablecoin’ Collapse Crushes Crypto

Cryptocurrencies nursed large losses on Friday, with bitcoin trading near $30,000 and set for a record losing streak as the collapse of TerraUSD, a so-called stablecoin, rippled through markets. Crypto assets have also been swept up in broad selling of risky investments on worries about high inflation and rising interest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rees-Mogg in row on higher interest rates as he hails Thatcher’s 1980s economic policies

Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg sparked a row on Friday after appearing to urge the Bank of England to hike interest rates as he hailed the 1980s economic policies of Margaret Thatcher.

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Benzinga

Markets Pare Intraday Losses, Still Finish Marginally Lower

U.S. indices traded lower Thursday as stocks experienced continued volatility amid concerns over rising interest rates and inflation.

The Hindu

Did the RBI wait too long to raise interest rates?

It could have started highlighting inflationary worry points in February

AAP

Banks eye rate boost but headwinds remain

Australia's four major banks have all reported a squeeze on margins in their latest results, but that is certain to change as interest rates rise.

ABC News

Will lifting the minimum wage worsen inflation and raise interest rates?

Wages have become the latest battleground in the election, with debate raging about how much extra workers can get paid without sending businesses broke and consumer prices soaring.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Glasgow Live

Martin Lewis issues urgent message to homeowners to act now to get £1k off bills

Homeowners have been issued a warning following the rise of interest rates - Martin Lewis has urged people need to act now and lock in a tariff before it's too late

The Philadelphia Inquirer

'Meme' and tech stocks are crashing, so how are experienced investors hanging on?

t's a perfect storm for the stock market this year: geopolitical turmoil, high inflation, and higher interest rates in 2022.

The New Daily

‘Not necessarily good news’: Property plunge no panacea for housing affordability crisis

House prices will need to fall by more than 20 per cent to offset the declining affordability of owning a home due to rising interest rates, new data shows.

The Times of India

Sensex crashes 1,158 points; Nifty ends at 15,808: Top reasons behind today's fall

NEW DELHI: Equity indices plunged for the 5th straight session on Thursday with the benchmark BSE sensex crashing over 1,000 points amid weak cues from global markets.

Liverpool Echo

Martin Lewis issues urgent advice to homeowners to save thousands on their mortgage

The consumer champion issued the warning as the Bank of England raised interest rates

The Independent UK

Martin Lewis urges homeowners to make simple check which could save £1,000

Homeowners should check their mortgage after the Bank of England put interest rates up again

ABC News

A decade of savings isn’t enough for most first home buyers, as deposits soar out of reach

While house prices are expected to fall nationally as interest rates continue to rise, that won't necessarily improve the plight of first home buyers, according to CoreLogic's latest housing affordability report.

1 … 261 262 263 264

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.