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Mortgage Interest Rates Today: Mortgage Rates Stay Put-for Now-While Fed's Next Step Looms

The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans registered at 6.58% for the week ending Aug. 21, same as last week.

Here are 4 ways lower interest rates could affect your personal finances

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted interest rate cuts could be coming soon in a speech on Friday, a move that could affect everyone from global markets to individual Americans.

Powell Says Conditions ‘May Warrant’ Interest Rate Cut In Jackson Hole Speech (Live Updates)

The Trump administration has pressured Powell, whose term as Fed chair expires next year, to step down as chair of the ...

Here Are The Stocks That Are Likely To Benefit From Lower Interest Rates

Stocks soared on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled the central bank may be ready to resume cutting ...

Powell didn't promise September interest rate cut, may hold steady if data is ugly, Rosengren says

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell didn't "promise" to cut interest rates in September and may not adjust rates if there are ...

Warning Signs Abound In Trade Data As Fed Hints At Lowering Interest Rates

In just three months, tariffs as a percentage of imports quadrupled, topping 10% for the first time in two decades, according ...

Dow soars more than 900 points after Fed hints at interest rate cuts

The hope among investors had been that Powell would hint that the Fed's first cut to interest rates of the year may be ...

Former Fed official Bullard says September interest rate cut is now a 'done deal'

Former St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday that a September interest-rate cut was now a "done deal." It was ...

Fed Chair Powell: "Effects Of Tariffs On Consumer Prices Are Now Clearly Visible," "May Warrant Adjusting" Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers a high-profile address at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium.

Powell hints at potential interest rate cuts. What that means for homeowners hoping to refinance

Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted at potential interest rate cuts on Friday. If the slash materializes, experts say the move ...