Forbes’ expert contributors say investors may look forward to a less stressful year, depending on inflation, interest rates and other unpredictable factors.

Fed rate cuts could ease credit card and deposit rates, but auto loans and mortgages may stay high due to risk and long-term inflation expectations.

Some Federal Reserve officials who supported cutting a key interest rate earlier this month could have instead backed keeping ...

"Mortgage interest rates went down before the Fed cut rates in September but went up after," says Ali Wolf, chief economist ...

Officials at the central bank have splintered over whether rising unemployment or elevated inflation poses the bigger ...

Learn how interest rates affect savings, borrowing, and the economy, impacting personal and business finances. Discover their ...

The current average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.15%, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — The Federal Reserve is set to announce its decision on interest rates on Wednesday, following a meeting on Tuesday where officials are grappling with the challenge of managing ...

Britain’s central bank reduced interest rates to 3.75 percent, a move that was welcomed by the government, which has been ...

Homeowners saw rates go down this year, as the base rate fell four times. Does 2026 hold further cuts from the Bank of ...

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President Donald Trump is hardly the first president to want his country’s central bank to lower interest rates. However, before he acts on his wishes, he might consider Turkish President Recep ...