President Trump says Fed rate cuts would save the government as much as $900 billion a year in interest payments on its debt.

The APR and interest rate on your mortgage aren’t the same. Here’s what to pay attention to when you compare costs.

The Swiss National Bank lowered rates to zero after consumer prices fell last month. Other European central banks are grappling with uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs.

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 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.

This distinction between nominal and real interest rates is crucial for making informed financial decisions, as the real interest rate reflects the true increase in wealth after accounting for ...

These are the real rate of return calculations: The nominal rate plus 1 equals 1.2. The inflation rate plus 1 equals 1.02. 1.2 divided by 1.02 equals 1.176. 1.176 minus 1 equals 0.176, or 17.6%.

Reaching real equilibrium policy rates To counter the global trade turbulence, central banks must use the monetary space available to them By Ashima Goyal ...

Canadian potential output Uncertainty about US trade policy means that the outlook for potential output growth is less clear than usual. This Report provides two estimates that correspond with the two ...

If expected inflation falls and the Fed holds nominal rates steady, then the real policy rate moves up, mechanically. This process is known as passive tightening, and is the opposite of the ...

Conventional wisdom suggests cutting the short-term benchmark rate would indicate inflation is slowly dissipating, thus bringing commercial real estate finance into a place of comfort to lend, ...