The Reserve Bank lends money to banks at the ‘repo rate’, the banks add 3.5% to create the ‘prime rate’ – which we hear when ...

The mortgage interest rate climate has changed. Here's what a good rate is considered to be at the start of 2026.

There's another Federal Reserve meeting on the calendar this month, but will mortgage rates fall once it's over?

The neutral rate—the interest rate at which monetary policy is neither accommodative nor restrictive—is a theoretical concept that cannot be directly observed, only estimated. The neutral rate is an ...

Reviewed by Erika Rasure Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Multiple economic factors influence interest rates. Three types of interest rates, including real, nominal, and effective affect consumers' ...

Discover how banks set loan interest rates, from Federal Reserve policies to market trends and borrower creditworthiness, for ...

The Federal Reserve concluded its last meeting of the year with a widely anticipated 25 basis point cut to the federal funds rate (FFR), bringing it to a range of 3.50-3.75%. Inflation has proven ...

Bank interest rates cannot be reduced at this moment, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has said, citing prevailing economic realities.

Interest rate changes can have a big impact on retirees’ income, for better or worse. For people who have a few different types of pension the effects can be magnified. With UK interest rates falling, ...