The Federal Reserve has battled a variety of economic troubles over the past 35 years. Between tech busts, a financial crisis ...

Discover why now may be the time to hold long duration treasuries as interest rates peak and inflation expectations shift.

In the aftermath of the post-coronavirus pandemic inflation surge, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised interest rates 11 times in the span of about a year and a half, bringing the federal ...

With another Fed rate cut looming, it helps to know the recent history behind rate cuts and mortgage rate reactions.

The two most significant topics on investors’ minds are interest rates and geopolitical escalations. For each of these topics, investors must understand that markets tend to act counterintuitively to ...

Jack Caporal is the Research Director for The Motley Fool and Motley Fool Money and has worked full-time for the company since 2021. Jack leads efforts to identify and analyze trends shaping investing ...

Anticipation of the end of interest-rate increases and a soft landing helped boost the stock market in 2023. Most rate cuts have come during recessions, though there isn't one expected next year.

What happens to the stock market after the Federal Reserve begins cutting interest rates? The unhelpful answer is that it depends. “Opinions aside, the imminent cut in the fed-funds rate has been a ...

It’s clear that business contingency planning should focus on the downside risk of recession rather than the upside from falling interest rates. This conclusion is driven by studying two sectors of ...

Looking at the past four decades, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage peaked in 1981, rising just above 16 percent. The average 30-year fixed rate bottomed in 2021 at just under 3 percent. So ...

Stocks are riding high heading into 2024. A recovery from the 2022 bear market, excitement about new generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, and expectations that interest rates will ...