President Donald Trump’s proposal that “representatives” buy up $200 billion in mortgage bonds pushed mortgage rates down to the lowest level in nearly two years on Friday. The 30-year fixed-rate ...

Drake Lindsey and the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the New Mexico Lobos meet for the Rate Bowl on December 26, 2025, with kickoff at 4:30 p.m. ET, airing on ESPN. This matchup will be available on ...

It’s bowl season, which means we have a lot of football to watch between Dec. 13 and Jan. 19! Ohio State, Utah, Georgia Southern, Army, Texas A&M — and just about everyone in between — will take part ...

STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s central bank held its key policy rate at 1.75% Thursday and maintained that the next move will be a hike, but not for some time. The decision was in line with a Wall Street Journal ...

• The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point as expected, lowering borrowing costs for the third time this year. • Wall Street rallied after Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruled out ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to the edge of its record on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate to bolster the job market, and hopes strengthened for more cuts ...

The Fed cut rates at its last meeting of the year The Federal Reserve cut rates by a quarter-point Wednesday afternoon in alignment with expectations. Business Insider is covering developments live ...

Gold prices reversed course to rise on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's rate cut, though uncertainty over next year's policy outlook persisted, while silver hit an all-time peak. Spot gold rose 0 ...

Silver futures extended their record-breaking rise Tuesday, closing above $60/oz for the first time, driven by fears of a global silver supply squeeze and anticipated rate cuts from the U.S. Federal ...

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said he sees plenty of room to substantially lower the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate. Hassett, the frontrunner in Donald ...

Administering an exam used to be straightforward: All a college professor needed was an open room and a stack of blue books. At many American universities, this is no longer true. Professors now ...

September’s jobs report surprised markets with stronger-than-expected payroll growth, while the unemployment rate also rose, due to a surge in labor force participation. This divergence is explained ...