Tag: Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen speaks during a luncheon at the Economic Club of New York on April 16. Yellen said the U.S. job market still needs help from the Fed and that the central bank must remain intent on adjusting its policy to respond to unforeseen challenges. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Janet Yellen: Full employment, stable inflation ‘plausible’ by the end of 2016

Joseph Lawler · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

US average rate on 30-year home loan 4.41 percent

The Associated Press · April 3, 2014 7:04 pm

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday following a meeting of the ECB governing council. (AP/Michael Probst)

European Central Bank leaves rates unchanged amid falling inflation, considers quantitative easing

Joseph Lawler · April 3, 2014 4:00 am

This Friday, March 21, 2014 photo shows a new home for sale in Pepper Pike, Ohio. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates on Thursday, March 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Average US 30-year mortgage rate rises to 4.40 pct

Washington Examiner · March 27, 2014 11:22 am

Interest Paid on Gov’t Debt to ‘Dwarf Virtually Every Federal Expense’

Daniel Halper · March 26, 2014 10:01 am

People stand in front of an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Asian stocks inched down Thursday after comments from the new head of the Federal Reserve suggested U.S. interest rates could rise sooner than financial markets were anticipating. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Asian markets bounce on upbeat US economic data

Kelvin Chan · March 21, 2014 12:30 am

US average rate on 30-year home loan 4.32 percent

The Associated Press · March 20, 2014 12:26 pm

Asian stocks fall on Fed interest-rate message

Yuri Kageyama · March 20, 2014 7:44 am

A television screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's first news conference, in Washington D.C., Wednesday, March 19, 2014. The Federal Reserve is seeking to clarify when it might start to raise short-term interest rates from record lows. The Fed also says it will cut its monthly long-term bond purchases by another $10 billion to $55 billion because it thinks the economy is strong enough to support further improvements in the job market. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Fed clarifies guidance on short-term rates

Martin Crutsinger · March 19, 2014 6:02 pm

Higher interest rates talk spooks stocks

Ken Sweet · March 19, 2014 5:27 pm

The Federal Reserve Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington is seen Friday evening, March 27, 2009, in Washington. The headquarters of the Federal Reserve System was constructed in 1936 in the wake of the Great Depression. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Federal Reserve continues the taper, abandons unemployment rate threshold

Joseph Lawler · March 19, 2014 4:00 am

Rates unchanged at US Treasury weekly auction

Washington Examiner · March 17, 2014 4:46 pm