Jerome Powell calls the government economic data the "gold standard, but what is he looking at now during the federal government shutdown? The Fed chairman said he's looking at a range of state or ...

The IRS released the new federal income tax brackets and standard deductions for 2026. Here's what to know about the new tax rates and how the changes will affect you. New IRS updates announced on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, according to minutes from last month’s meeting ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday signaled a cautious approach to future interest rate cuts, in sharp contrast with other Fed officials this week who have called for a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s appointee to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors said Monday that the central bank’s key interest rate should be much lower than its current 4.1% level, ...

After years of elevated borrowing costs, mortgage interest rates have just taken a sharp turn lower, and homeowners and buyers are taking notice. According to the latest rate data from the Mortgage ...

Mortgage rates dropped sharply lower today relative to the amount of movement in the underlying bond market with the average lender right in line with the lowest levels since late 2022. Because rates ...

Four Upstate New York cities ranked among those with the highest child poverty rates in the country in 2024. The cities were Syracuse, Rochester, Albany and Buffalo, according to 2024 estimates ...

Bond futures traders see a 94% chance of a quarter-point cut and a 6% chance of a larger half-point cut on Wednesday. With recent data showing a weakening labor market, analysts expect central bankers ...

What just happened? Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a method for measuring heart rates that requires no wristband, smartwatch, or medical device. Instead, the ...

Standard Chartered Plc. now expects a half-percentage-point reduction in interest rates by the Federal Reserve next week after soft US jobs growth in August sent the unemployment rate to the highest ...

Traders going about with their business at Soko Mjinga Market in Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] Kenya’s inflation rate rose to 4.5 percent in August, up from 4.1 percent in July, driven mainly by ...