Expectations of more Fed interest rate cuts. The MoneyShow Chart of the Day shows that rate futures markets have now ...

The interest rate outlook in Europe has swung from prospects of a cut to 35 basis points of tightening by year-end. This is the market beginning to price in the penalty of energy dependence.

Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.42%. For 20-year mortgage refinances, ...

Fifteen-year mortgage rates hit a six-month high today. The current average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.32%, compared to 6.17% a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Research ...

U.S. interest rates look too high, relative to inflation. A compelling argument can be made that U.S. interest rates are higher than they "should" be relative to inflation. The implication of that ...

Mortgage rates are finally drifting down from their recent peaks, but the math on homeownership still does not work for a large share of American households. Prices climbed so far, and supply is so ...

Steven Hail argues New Zealand is enduring a period of economic self-harm and offers a way to end this and create a future ...

Interest is either the cost of borrowing money or the reward for saving or investing it — depending on which side of the transaction you’re on. For borrowers, interest is a percentage of the amount of ...