Without action, retirees face a 22% benefit cut in less than seven years. Here are four options Congress could consider.

Mortgage rates have dropped below 6%, boosting affordability and buyer optimism, according to a Zillow analysis. A median-income household can now afford $30,302 more compared to last year. Zillow ...

Economists polled by CNBC expect the Reserve Bank of India to keep rates unchanged at 5.25%. But India faces a dual risk of a weak currency and higher inflation that could push the RBI to hike rates ...

Cleveland Fed president Beth Hammack warned Tuesday that it may soon be time to raise interest rates because of concerns that rising prices could get entrenched. "For today, it's reasonable to keep ...

TOKYO -- With inflation showing no sign of cooling, there is "certainly a possibility" that the U.S. Federal Reserve's next policy move will be a rate hike, Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal ...

The Federal Reserve’s final monetary move of 2026 gave markets a clearer but still-incomplete vision of where interest rates might be heading next year—a year likely marked by continued concerns over ...

With average mortgage interest rates declining and some experts expecting further reductions in 2026, refinancing may make sense for some homeowners. Refinancing may make more financial sense for ...

One word in the Federal Reserve’s lengthy policy statement released this week is causing consternation among its officials, some of whom are warning that it could end up costing the US economy. That ...

Two years ago, with the economy chugging along and inflation falling, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dispatched a question about stagflation with humor rather than scorn. “I don’t see the ‘stag’ ...

If one thing has remained constant in President Donald Trump's first and second terms, it's his pressure on Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. Last July, Trump talked ...

Utility companies charge you for the privilege of raising your rates. A proposal in Massachusetts may change that. Every few years, gas and electric utilities go before state regulators to lay out ...

Patrick T. Harker, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, left, and Loretta Mester, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, during a panel discussion in 2016.