Market ConditionsIn periods of economic stability, interest rates tend to be lower, encouraging borrowing and risk-taking.

The Fed is indicating it’s in no rush to cut rates amid uncertainty about inflation and the economy. Argus Research's Kevin ...

In South Africa, the interest rates decisions are taken by the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The official interest rate is the repo rate. This is the rate at ...

The Bank rate is used as the basis to calculate the payment on due date interest rate. The current bank rate as set on January 30, 2025, is 3.25%. Government of Canada departments use the payment on ...

While Fed policy influences the general direction of interest rates, mortgage lenders ultimately set their rates based on various market factors and business considerations. Each lender maintains a ...

Wall Street thought the Fed was done lowering interest rates — at least for now. The Jan. 29 announcement of a "pause" proved the money runners were right. "We're not doing anything," the Fed ...

Financial markets saw a probability of more than 99 per cent on Jan 24 that the Fed would vote on Jan 29 to hold interest rates at their current level of between 4.25 per cent and 4.5 per cent ...

Small-cap stocks appear riskier after interest rates in the bond market recently spiked, with the Russell 2000 index now in correction territory. The Russell 2000 index RUT, a broad gauge of ...

The return of inflation and wage growth is giving the Bank of Japan room to raise interest rates and declare the end of a long period of stagnation. Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York ...

"Raising short-term interest rates to at least around 1% in the latter half of fiscal 2025 is necessary to reduce upside risk to prices and achieve the price stability target in a sustainable and ...

The country's biggest bank is cutting a range of shorter-term interest rates. ANZ Bank said it would drop its special interest rates by between 15 and 25 basis points. The six-month rate drops from ...

While the equity risk premium may indicate that equities seem relatively expensive compared to bonds, we do caveat that as of Jan. 21, 2025, Q4 2024 S&P 500 earnings season has started off on a ...