Hot inflation data for January was adding to concerns about how much more room the Federal Reserve might have to cut interest ...

By applying the sales tax only to goods and a small number of services, Illinois is missing the ability to tax much of the ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest rates won’t lead the central bank to change its rate decisions ...

Social Security's retirement trust fund faces a critical turning point in 2033, potentially reducing benefits to 79% of current levels. The looming changes affect millions of Americans' retirement ...

Rising costs are one of the biggest threats facing retirees under the current administration. Trump pledged to impose tariffs ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have remained elevated so far this year, and it's unclear if they'll go down.

The Federal Reserve spent a good part of 2022 and 2023 implementing interest rate hikes in response to rampant inflation. But ...

The Fed uses interest rates "like a gas pedal and a brake pedal," Forbes said. Lowering rates stimulates the economy; raising ...

The Trump administration's federal funding freeze thawed before it went into effect. Nonprofit organizations ... The two Social Security trust funds are on track to run out of money by 2035 ...

The Federal Reserve held rates steady Wednesday as stubborn inflation ... The high inflation seen in recent years has had a compounding effect on American households, causing prices of essential ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after ... Trump will adopt and how quickly they will affect the economy. Higher tariffs and tax cuts ...