Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok has found a head-scratcher buried in the financial data: For years, the price of gold and real interest rates have been inversely correlated; as interest rates rise, the price of gold goes down. Now, however, the ...

Interest rates remain top of mind for homebuyers in the new year, especially after years of volatile swings driven by inflation and Federal Reserve rate fluctuations. The past year drove rates down, but borrowers now are watching rates in 2026, wondering ...

The Indianapolis real estate market sees increased buyer activity as interest rates drop to their lowest level since 2022, signaling the start of the spring selling season.

Following the above notion, then the next logical question is how to forecast long-term treasury rates? In the remainder of this article, I will present my forecast based a framework proposed by the former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. In the ...

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Jerome H. Powell, the chair, said he would stay at the Fed until a successor is in place and a federal investigation is concluded.