The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Kiplinger's experts forecast what's happening and what's next for interest rates and the Federal Reserve.

The Federal Reserve recently approved a 75-basis-point rate hike for the fourth straight meeting, paving the way for interest rates to reach 5% by March 2023. With increasing borrowing costs and softening demand hurting high-debt businesses, it is likely to be a treacherous terrain for fundamentally weak stocks. Thus, it…

Rising interest rates combined with growing cost of living expenses and slow wage growth are the main causes of the drop in sales, the Real Estate Institute of Tasmania says.

The Fed raised interest rates by another 75 basis points on Wednesday. Although the rate hikes might not end anytime soon, the pace of the increases could slow. Despite the uncertainties, we believe large-cap household names Coca-Cola (KO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), and Lowe’s (LOW) might still be worth owning in…

Interest rates have gone up to 3% which means people, especially mortgage holders, will face higher borrowing costs.

Professor Richard Murphy, political economist and chartered accountant, says increasing interest costs will force hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of UK households into poverty

Homeowners are set to face higher mortgage bills as the Bank of England imposes biggest interest rate hike since 1989

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping around 100 points on Thursday. The Federal Reserve, on Wednesday, raised interest rates by 75 bps.

The Bank of England says it’s' better for everyone in the long run' to have low and stable inflation

Andrew Bailey today said interest rates "will have to go up by less than is currently priced in by financial markets" meaning "fixed rate mortgages should not need to rise as much as they have done"

LONDON: The Bank of England raised interest rates to 3% on Thursday from 2.25%, its biggest rate rise since 1989, but it pushed back against expectations for further steep hikes, saying Britain faces a painful recession that could last two years.