A drop in the inflation rate could prove to be good news for homebuyers and owners hoping to refinance. Here's why.

And if 2026 forecasts are correct, we may have to keep waiting.

The federal government's monthly releases of economic statistics -- especially the inflation rate and growth as tracked by gross domestic product -- have long occasioned partisan preening (or ...

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

Paulson will have a vote this year on the interest-rate setting Federal Open Market Committee. Last year the FOMC trimmed its ...

The annual inflation rate fell in November, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), defying economists’ expectations. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 ...

Mortgage rates fell in 2025. As of Dec. 24, 2025, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.18%, down from the week prior ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the November consumer price index which showed that CPI inflation remained well above the Federal Reserve's 2% target rate.

Looking ahead, Trump's supply-side policies are set to be fully executed, and the latest data suggest that the trends of ...

Childcare prices are growing faster than inflation. To save money, more mothers are leaving their jobs to take over childcare responsibilities.

Easing inflation could give way to further interest rate cuts, and both factors bode well for the following three Dividend ...