The US job market seems to have chugged along for the first half of this year — but the risk is rising that employment growth is running out of steam.

The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 6.66% yesterday, a decrease of 0.02% since the day before. The 15-year fixed mortgage rate stood at 5.68%, up by 0.01%. The 30-year FHA mortgage averaged ...

Mortgage interest rates moved in opposite directions, but one benchmark rate saw a decline. Rates change on an hourly, daily ...

So far this year, average mortgage rates have stayed stubbornly high, bouncing between 6.5% and 7%, as financial markets weigh the risks of both higher inflation and an economic slowdown. Most ...

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Home sales and median home prices will increase because lower mortgage rates will increase affordability. The 30-year fixed ...

U.S. job growth likely slowed in July, with the unemployment rate forecast rising back to 4.2%, but that probably would be ...

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage eased to where it was three weeks ago, modest relief for prospective homebuyers ...

Asian shares are mostly lower after U.S. stocks slipped, as doubts rose on Wall Street about whether the Federal Reserve will deliver economy-juicing cuts to interest rates by September ...

On the 2024 campaign trail, President Trump promised to “end inflation” and increase affordability, while touting economic ...

Trump has touted the $125 billion in revenue his already-existent import taxes have brought in, with hundreds of billions ...

President Donald Trump's order imposing new tariffs on 68 countries and the European Union starting in seven days has ...