In the aftermath of the post-coronavirus pandemic inflation surge, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised interest rates 11 times in the span of about a year and a half, bringing the federal ...

Certificates of deposits (CDs) continue to be worth considering as a component of your savings strategy in 2025. Yields on ...

Anticipation of the end of interest-rate increases and a soft landing helped boost the stock market in 2023. Most rate cuts have come during recessions, though there isn't one expected next year.

The Public Provident Fund (PPF) interest rate, currently at 7.1%, is due for a quarterly review on December 31, 2025. Despite ...

The two most significant topics on investors’ minds are interest rates and geopolitical escalations. For each of these topics, investors must understand that markets tend to act counterintuitively to ...

Jack Caporal is the Research Director for The Motley Fool and Motley Fool Money and has worked full-time for the company since 2021. Jack leads efforts to identify and analyze trends shaping investing ...

Investors often express enthusiasm for potential rate cuts by the Fed, anticipating that lower interest rates will stimulate economic growth. However, an analysis of historical data suggests that ...

Anticipation over a Federal Reserve interest rate cut, which was barely registering a few weeks ago, is now growing to a fever pitch. Following an unemployment report that showed the rate increasing ...

Savings account yields are much higher than a few years ago Top rates may fall if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates Online banks tend to offer the best yields available Rates on savings accounts ...

It’s clear that business contingency planning should focus on the downside risk of recession rather than the upside from falling interest rates. This conclusion is driven by studying two sectors of ...

All eyes will turn toward the Federal Reserve this week as the central bank holds its penultimate meeting of 2025 to determine monetary policy and the future of interest rates. And that's especially ...