Learn how market segmentation theory shapes interest rates and yield curves, influencing your bond market decisions for better financial outcomes.

The way central bankers put their objectives into practice is influenced by the star variables. Specifying a target for ...

If the United States economy is an old Chuck Jones Warner Brothers cartoon—and who’s to say it isn’t?—then Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is Wile E. Coyote. Wile E. Coyote is always trying and ...

The Manishtushu Obelisk, written in cuneiform, denotes that the interest rate for borrowing barley was 33% and for borrowing silver was 20% across the Akkadian Empire, which is in modern-day Iraq. The ...

Because the U.S. has the world's largest economy, fluctuations in America's interest rates affect much more than domestic ...

The United States economy has been facing turbulent times lately, with the U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation index rising by a significant 3.5% over the past 12 months. Even when ...

We present a simple stock-flow consistent (SFC) model to discuss some recent claims made by Angel Asensio in a paper published in this journal regarding the relationship between endogenous money ...

The Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate cut in four years Wednesday, one of its most consequential decisions in recent memory, a move likely to be panned by former President Donald Trump ...

In December, at its last meeting of the year, the Federal Reserve once again cut interest rates, marking the third time in a row it has done so after previously leaving rates untouched for months. The ...

The central bank said inflation remains "somewhat elevated." The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump made an unusual visit to the central ...

December 10, 2025. That's the date when the final Federal Reserve meeting will conclude its final 2025 meeting and, with it, a now widely anticipated reduction to the federal funds rate. A rate drop ...