You might have even confused it with the federal funds rate or your loan’s interest rate. Though related, these aren’t all the same. The prime rate is the interest rate banks charge their best ...

Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) chief economist Jun Neri said he sees limited room for monetary easing by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) this ...

President Donald Trump of the United States on Wednesday called for the reduction of interest rates. DAILY POST reports that this is his latest intervention on a policy that is set by the ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday the central bank doesn’t “need to be in a hurry” to resume its interest rate cutting campaign, noting officials reduced the rate ...

Although inflation and an aggressive interest rate hike campaign courtesy of the Federal Reserve made borrowing more costly for many Americans in 2022 and 2023, there was a silver lining for ...

When the banking system’s liquidity tightens, the impact is visible in both deposit and lending rates. Of course, the impact on lending rates is typically with a lag while deposits get repriced ...

During his speech, which also covered topics such as tariffs and inflation, Trump said he'd "demand that interest rates drop immediately." If interest-rate drops are on the horizon, certificates ...

Investopedia / Photo Composite by Alice Morgan / Getty Images It would be a huge surprise to financial markets if the Federal Reserve did anything other than hold its interest rate flat when the ...

President Donald Trump questioned Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s decision making on interest rates and said he planned to speak to the central bank chief “at the right time.” ...

It looks like South Africans can expect only one interest rate cut in 2025, according to analysts at the Bank of America. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to announce the interest rate ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

After steady increases over the past couple of years, certificate of deposit (CD) rates are declining as the Federal Reserve cuts short term interest ... The graph below uses historical FDIC ...