Most of the time, people have in mind the nominal or face value of their money: as in “How can I make it so the numbers I see ...

Average take-home pay in South Africa has slowed for the second consecutive month, raising concerns ahead of the SA Reserve ...

Investors might need to brace for a 5% Federal Reserve policy rate, above the current 4.25%-4.5% range, according to Deutsche ...

The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) took to social media Monday to tell Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ...

Investors are worried that Trump and the GOP are acting in ways that will both lower growth and raise interest rates, a toxic ...

The “debt doesn’t matter” consensus had a strong start. During the coronavirus pandemic, Congress spent trillions of dollars ...

We review recent research and experiences linking inflation and expectations, emphasizing what has been learned since 2020. One clear lesson is that the inflation expectations of most economic agents ...

If President Trump wants to salvage his economic record, he would be well advised to back off his “big, beautiful bill.” ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. climbed this week to its highest level since mid-February, a setback for ...

The oldest known example of an institutionalized, legal interest rate is found in the Laws of Eshnunna, an ancient Babylonian text dating back to about 2000 BC. For most of history, nominal interest ...

Since the US capital market is the world’s largest and most liquid, this could lead to higher interest rates for Canadian borrowers. This would cause the Canadian neutral rate to rise. Low confidence ...

“Once the actual inflation has been factored into nominal interest rates, borrowers start to lose, while savers might feel ...