USD/INR tumbles after RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25%
The RBI is expected to cut the interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6.25% at the policy meeting concluding on Friday, in ...
RBI MPC Meet 2025 Inflation Forecast: Sanjay Malhotra-led MPC projects inflation at 4.2% for FY26
RBI's Monetary Policy Committee, under new Governor Sanjay Malhotra, forecasts inflation at 4.2% for the coming fiscal year, ...
Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.89%, third straight weekly decline
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the third week in a row, a smidgen of relief for prospective ...
Should bond investors beware Trump tariffs? How proposed tariffs could hit bonds
The bond market has already begun pricing in the potential for higher interest rates. Even the day after Trump’s election ...
Fed might need to hold rates steady ‘for quite some time,’ Logan says
Even inflation falling close to 2% in the coming months might not necessarily allow the Fed to cut rates soon, Logan said.
The Treasury Secretary Says Trump Wants Long-Term Interest Rates to Fall—It May Take a While
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump is looking for longer-term interest rates to fall.
Leaving Free Trade Orthodoxy Behind
The free trade orthodoxy is being transformed into something else. Just to review a bit of recent history: Former President ...
Dallas Fed's Logan Signals Rate Cuts Require US Labor Market Cooling
Lorie Logan, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, attends a dinner program at Grand Teton National Park where financial leaders from around the world are gathering for the Jackson ...
Inside the Fed, fears increase that Trump tariffs would boost inflation
There’s a growing sense among some inside the Federal Reserve that President Donald Trump’s willingness to use tariffs as a ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to bypass the Fed to lower interest rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got ...
Trump's focus on 10-year Treasury yield to cut borrowing costs raises curiosity - and problems
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell may be breathing easier now that the Trump administration intends to focus on the 10-year Treasury yield, instead of rate cuts, to lower borrowing costs. But for ...
These Two Assets May Have the Best Returns Under Trump, Say Investopedia’s Readers
Individual investors have curbed their enthusiasm in recent weeks amid new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on China and concerns that those will lead to escalating tensions and another ...