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Does All This Inflation Talk Mean I Bond Rates Will Jump on May 1?
By design, U.S. Treasury I bonds will always out-pay inflation. So if tariffs push inflation up, will I bond rates increase, ...
Don't expect interest rates to fall soon after Trump called Fed's Powell a 'major loser'
President Donald Trump could be setting up Fed Chair Jerome Powell as a 'scapegoat' if a recession hits, according to an MSU ...
Why Trump’s call for the Fed to cut interest rates may not help consumers
Trump has repeatedly urged Powell to cut the short-term interest rate that the central bank controls. The Fed typically ...
Fed's Kugler, citing inflation risks, supports steady policy rate
Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said on Tuesday that with U.S. import tariffs significantly larger than expected and ...
Tariff-Induced Inflation Surge May Be Temporary, Fed Official Says
Christopher J. Waller argued that the effect of tariffs on prices could be short-lived, but he warned about a bigger hit to ...
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Georgia law offers homeowners a big tax break, but most probably won’t get much, if any, of it
That is the part of the tax bill that lawmakers want to link to the rate of inflation. Especially in growing areas, property values tend to rise faster than the inflation rate. Their ...
South African inflation falls to five-year low in March as fuel, education costs ease
South Africa's annual inflation rate fell for the first time in five months in March to its lowest level since June 2020, due ...
What could happen to mortgage rates this May?
Mortgage rates remain higher than many homebuyers prefer right now as inflation persists and the Federal Reserve maintains ...
History of CD Interest Rates
CD rates are a product of their economic times, and we're currently in a rosy period. At other times in history, CD rates ...
Falling petrol prices drive drop in UK inflation rate to 2.6%
The Bank of England has forecast inflation to rise further this year to 3.7%, and stay above its 2% target until the end of ...
Inflation is slowing. Wages are up. So why does life feel costly for many Michiganders?
Inflation is cooling, and wages are, on average, outpacing price hikes, though tariffs on imported goods threaten to reverse ...