You may have seen the term “APR” while shopping for auto loans, mortgages or credit cards. It stands for “annual percentage rate” and describes the yearly cost of carrying an unpaid balance in various ...

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Forbes Advisor’s weekly credit card rates report indicates that the current average credit card interest rate is 25.35%. The ...

CapRock Partners is moving forward with construction on a speculative industrial park despite uncertainty around interest rates, banking on broader economic trends that have made the Dallas-Fort Worth ...

Developments have been put on pause, project plans are being adjusted and prime sites purchased during Nashville's boom years are back on the market as developers begin to adjust to the “new normal” ...

Noureldeen AlHammoury, Chief Global Market Strategist for Equiti Group, says uncertainty about tariffs and geopolitics makes it difficult to predict where interest rates are headed in the U.S. after ...

Policymakers confirm rate-cut outlook at next meeting Economists split between 25-basis-point and 50-basis-point cut in March Policy committee stresses 'serenity' regarding size, extent of cuts ...

It's the first Fed day of 2026, and Chair Jerome Powell is in the hot seat. The central bank announced it would hold its benchmark interest rate steady, as was widely expected. The meeting follows ...

The Federal Reserve’s FOMC announced on Wednesday that it is keeping its policy rate intact at 3.50%-3.75%, as widely expected, with the U.S. markets initially ...

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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, as expected, despite pressure from President Trump for much lower borrowing costs. The central bank has already cut its benchmark interest ...

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at the conclusion of its first policy decision of 2026 on Wednesday. At a time when many U.S. households are concerned about affordability challenges, ...