Fed hikes interest rates by quarter point Federal Reserve leaders could raise interest rates at the end of their 2-day meeting on Wednesday. Here's what you need to know.

Fed hikes interest rates by quarter point Federal Reserve leaders could raise interest rates at the end of their 2-day meeting on Wednesday. Here's what you need to know.

The Fed just raised interest rates — and Trump’s plan for the economy could suffer The U.S. central bank raised interest rates Wednesday for the third time since the Great Recession, effectively tapping the brakes on a U.S. economy showing strong momentum. The idea of the government intentionally slowing the economy — raising int Read more ... erest rates slows things down, lowering them hits th...

5 Things You Need To Know now About Interest Rates To understand how interest rates will change in the future, let’s look at the trends we’ve seen since 2010: Interest rates fell to historic lows, and buyers enjoyed those low rates on new mortgages. Rates bottomed out at an average of 3.66% in 20 Read more ... 12, then rose only slightly in the years since. In 201...

Fed Hikes, but Some Rates Veer Lower On the day the Federal Reserve implemented its plan to raise interest rates, driving up overnight borrowing costs, broader market forces conspired instead to drive other U.S. interest rates down.

The Federal Reserve lifts interest rates at last America’s central bank raised its target band for interest rates to 0.25-0.5%

How Interest Rates Are Set: The Fed's New Tools Explained The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at near zero since the 2008 financial crisis. To raise them, it has come up with a new set of tools. A WSJ explainer.

Lesson for Fed: Higher Interest Rates Haven’t Been Sticking The Outlook: In the seven years since the world’s central banks responded to the financial crisis by slashing interest rates, more than a dozen in advanced economies have tried to move rates back up—but not a single one has been able to keep them Read more ... there.

What to Do with Your Bonds When Interest Rates Go Up The Federal Reserve is close to raising interest rates again—possibly even this year. That means your bonds will lose value, so what’s a balanced investment portfolio to do? Here are three things you can do to combat interest rates’ effect on y Read more ... our investments.

6 Factors Homebuyers Should Consider Over Interest Rates Now the rise in interest rates -- also predicted in 2014, but not realized as the Fed eased off on bond buying -- is looking less certain. "There is no rush to buy for the interest rates because we don't see rates moving very quickly or very much fro Read more ... m this year to next," says Nela Richardson, chief economist for Redfin in the District of Columbia, who expects mortgage rates to rise slightly this year. The average rate for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 3.66 percent this week, according to Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage market survey. Interest rates, however, should not be the primary factor that determines when you purchase a home.