In a couple of weeks we will get the first reading for third quarter GDP growth, and the current consensus among economists ...

With high-yield savings accounts and CDs now offering the best returns in over 15 years, often around 4% to 5%, many ...

New research from the Federal Reserve suggests a growing chance that interest rates could return to zero by 2032. This ...

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on the Federal Reserve to lower the federal ...

Homebuyers are slashing their mortgage rates by 1% or more and saving thousands on monthly payments.

THE interest rate, real and nominal, on long-term safe assets is perhaps the most important price in a capitalist economy. It tells one about confidence in governments and the economy. In recent years ...

The natural rate of interest, also known as r-star, is a key variable for analyzing fiscal and monetary policy. A novel method of measuring this rate for the euro area uses a yield curve model ...

Interest rates are a measure of the cost of a loan to a borrower. Typically expressed as a percentage, an interest rate is applied to the outstanding balance of a loan at regular intervals ...

A simple technique to convert a lease's finance chart into a more meaningful annual interest rate.

Japan’s real interest rates remain very low. BOJ is expected to keep raising interest rates if the economy and prices move in line with projections made in our quarterly report.

A real interest rate is one that has been adjusted for inflation, reflecting the real cost of funds to the borrower and the real yield to the lender.

In this explainer, the IMF discusses how interest rates can be negative, and why central banks are starting to experiment with negative interest rates to stimulate their countries’ economies.