The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Mortgage holders in New Zealand are bracing themselves for another cash-rate hit from the Reserve Bank.

The S&P 500 has slumped to open 2022, and rising interest rates could further pressure stock valuations in coming months. Whether the market is up, down or sideways, dividends are one steady, reliable source of income for investors, but dividends are only as reliable as the companies that pay them.

The Federal Reserve made headlines at its May meeting when it raised interest rates by the single biggest hike since 2000, but another lesser-known decision — albeit a substantially more complex one — could have an even greater influence over how much you pay to borrow money.

House prices jumped 9.9 per cent in the year to March 2022. With interest rates increasing, is a crash on the way?

Exclusive: National Union of Students calls for urgent support, not just a change of tone

NEW DELHI: India’s economic leaders are undertaking a coordinated attack on inflation, with fiscal and monetary authorities seeking to slow price increases and blunt the impact of higher costs on consumers.

We answer readers’ questions about how the rise in cost of living will affect them

Inflation-linked rise will deter poorer school-leavers from entering higher education in England and Wales, say former ministers

Millions of households are under pressure to cut back on spending as prices soar