The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Japanese inflation rose slightly in August, with prices up 2.8 percent year-on-year, official data showed Friday, hours before the Bank of Japan was widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged.

The US Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point gives consumers a much-needed psychological boost ahead of November's presidential election.

The US central bank's decision to slash interest rates this week is a "very positive sign" for where the world's biggest economy stands, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday.

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Money versus job satisfaction. It is the perennial professional quandary, but there may in fact be one exception: central banking. Jerome Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve, earns $190,000 per year for the privilege of overseeing the greatest economy the world has ever seen. I'm not saying the job…

The Fed's jumbo rate cut and a lower-interest rate environment could be a game-changer for many stocks, especially those that have struggled under high interest rates.

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While the UK is far from overheating, the MPC still sees inflationary dynamics within the economy

Bank voted on Thursday not to change borrowing costs – but Andrew Bailey says cuts likely to resume