The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

The inflation rate dropped to 10.7 percent in November

Anticipated increase in interest rates will turn the screw on mortgage holders and businesses

The Federal Reserve's aggressive campaign against high inflation dominated global financial markets this year. Starting this week, the action shifts to Europe, where inflation could prove stickier and harder to tame. That shift is likely to reverse some of the key market dynamics of 2022, most significantly a superstrong dollar.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by half a percentage point on Dec. 14, 2022, to a range of 4.25 to 4.5%, which would be the seventh increase this year. So far in 2022, the Fed has lifted its benchmark short-term rate, which influences most other borrowing…

It’s decision time for central banks on interest rates again. The US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) are set to announce their latest decisions on Wednesday 14, while the Bank of England (BoE) will go a day later.

A new government report shows inflation cooled a bit in November. But prices are still climbing and the Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates again.

Households are hoping interest rates will reach their peak soon and home prices may start to rise. However, rising inflation and interest rates have businesses worried about the future.

Investment banks see inflation falling in November, but that may not be enough to protect the U.S. economy from a recession.

Interest rate hikes mean that workers and consumers take the hit. Here are other tools to address inflation