What negative interest rates mean for businesses and home buyers
Ultra-low rates have helped push up stock markets to record highs, as vanishing returns on safe assets lead to a search for returns elsewhere.
WATCH: Federal Reserve leaves key interest rate unchanged
The central bank was widely expected to leave its short-term interest rate unchanged. The Fed lowered rates three times last year.
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As the year comes to a close, we look back at the past decade in the American economy -- the first without a recession since record-keeping began in the 1950s. While unemployment remains at a historic low, wage growth has…
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Through it all, the U.S. economy and consumers' appetite for spending remained resilient, supporting the market's record-shattering, year-end rally.
In our news wrap Wednesday, the House opened debate on a Democratic bill to lower prescription drug costs through government negotiations. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed for bipartisan support, but Sen. Mitch McConnell said he won’t bring the bill up…
The Fed's decision follows three rate cuts earlier this year.
Paul Volcker, who served as chair of the Federal Reserve for two presidents, died Monday. His passing came 40 years after he drove interest rates to record highs in an effort to tame double-digit inflation. Known for his height and…
Monday’s meeting could fuel concerns that the White House is intensifying public pressure on Jerome Powell -- who was President Donald Trump’s own choice to lead the Fed -- to cut rates more aggressively.
The Fed's move reduces the short-term rate it controls — which influences many consumer and business loan rates — to a range between 1.5% and 1.75%.
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