Although inflation receded last month, an escalating trade war threatens to cause prices to rise on a wide range of consumer ...

The federal funds rate is one of the Federal Reserve’s key tools for guiding U.S. monetary policy. It impacts everything from the annual ... prime rate, a benchmark for consumer and business loans.

Banks generally use the federal funds rate as a guide when setting rates on savings and lending products ... the typical APY, or annual percentage yield, for a one-year CD sat at a mere 0.13% ...

For example, HELOC rates are typically tied to the prime rate, which is based on the federal funds rate ... fees at closing (for loans up to $250,000) and no annual fee on its standard HELOC.

That, in turn, influences interest rates on everything from car loans ... annual percentage rates (APRs). They do have an impact, however, because the federal funds rate is tied to the prime ...

China could cut its main policy rate as soon as next month following the country's annual parliamentary meeting, economists told CNBC, after the country's central bank kept the loan prime rates ...

The People’s Bank of China maintained the one-year loan prime ... rates. HSBC, Europe’s largest lender, announced a share buyback of up to $2 billion after reporting a 6.5% rise in annual ...

The total fertility rate in the United States has been in decline since the start of the Great Recession. Since then, the total fertility rate has fallen far below the replacement level—the level of ...

Donald Trump’s attempt to align foreign aid with his America First policy is too blunt and will have deadly consequences. Rather than simply furthering Washington’s interests, the U.S. president’s ...