Multiple economic factors influence interest rates. Three types of interest rates, including real, nominal, and effective affect consumers' borrowing and investment choices. The nominal interest rate ...

Interest rates have moved higher among massive economic uncertainty, widespread tariff fears and projected massive new deficits. Parsing the reasons why interest rates have stayed high is complicated ...

Recently, President Trump, apparently in jest, threatened to fire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if he didn’t get lower interest rates. Although the context of the President’s remarks was his ...