Mortgage rates are finally drifting down from their recent peaks, but the math on homeownership still does not work for a ...

The Federal Reserve's rate decision today is shaping up to be its most consequential of the year, with most economists predicting the first cut of 2025. The real suspense is over how deep the ...

Subscribers to Chart of the Week received this commentary on Sunday, September 22. By Friday, the euphoria over the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut -- and subsequent Thursday melt up -- had worn ...

The Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates during the pandemic to cool inflation. But the rate hikes caused some mortgage lenders to raise their rates, as well. This has kept housing costs ...

The broadest measure of inflation -- the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) -- has shown clear signs of tapering over the past year. However, a "core" component of the CPI-U remains ...

As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

The most important thing on Wall Street’s mind right now is interest rates. The stock market could initially deal with rising rates, as we saw from August through mid-December. But then rates rose far ...

Compared to the pandemic-era record lows observed just a few years ago, mortgage rates feel uncomfortably high. But when someone points out that mortgages are still painfully expensive right now, a ...

Home buyers are going to have to settle for a 7% mortgage. The cost of a home loan has soared in recent years, in part thanks to a series of rate increases by the Federal Reserve. The average rate on ...

・Higher education consistently lowers unemployment risk. Federal data show that people with a bachelor’s degree or higher have unemployment rates roughly half those of individuals with only a high ...

The chart President Donald Trump displayed during an Aug. 11 news conference included 2023 data for Washington, D.C. homicides. Since then, the district’s homicide rate has fallen considerably. The ...

This article draws heavily on Bill Bengen’s new groundbreaking safe withdrawal rate research and references his latest updates. Bill was kind enough to review the article and his insights are included ...