The rate on 30-year mortgages fell to 6.95% from 6.96% last week, Freddie Mac said. Rates on 15-year mortgages fell to 6.12% ...

U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Thursday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve's first interest rate decision of 2025.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the second week in a row, but remains just below 7%, little relief for prospective home shoppers looking ahead to the spring homebuying ...

Long Island economy will depend on how uncertainties unfold. Foremost are the fiscal policies enacted by President Trump and ...

Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed remedies still differ radically.

It takes time for the Fed’s decisions to filter through the economy — and then even more time for consumers to see the ...

Portra / Rates on 30-year refinance loans dropped another 2 basis points Wednesday, nudging to average down to 7.03%. That's now the cheapest level for 30-year refi rates since Dec. 18. In September, ...

In September, rates plunged to a two-year low, falling as far as 5.89%. But over the following three-plus months, the average surged almost 1.25 percentage points—before recently easing lower.

Nonetheless, already there is a clash with President Trump, who believes interest rates are “far too high." On his Truth Social platform, Trump went on the attack: Because Jay Powell and the Fed ...

CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Photo credit: Getty The Fed is used to steering ...

The new data were published Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in its report for gross domestic product for the fourth quarter.

It doesn't look like savings rates will rise anytime soon. But that doesn't mean you're out of opportunities to earn.