Interest Rates

Christine Benz explains how investment income is taxed and how choosing where to hold stocks, bonds, and cash can help reduce your taxes.

We expect one more rate hike in December.

US equity valuations have retreated from their recent highs, but all 7 major market indicators remain above their long-term averages.

Inflation is elevated, but central bankers likely aren’t in a hurry to hike rates.

Mass layoffs or a spending slowdown would likely require hefty Fed rate cuts.

Earnings from Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon, plus FOMC meeting.

Plus, the first installment of our Ask the Economist series: The US midterm elections are approaching. What could a divided government mean for the economy?

Researchers argue that decades of falling interest rates distorted estimates of corporate bond risk premiums.

Longer-term bonds are more attractive than they’ve been in a long time, but they still carry a fair amount of risk.

Journalist and author Robin Wigglesworth explains how rising interest payments could leave the US with less room to spend on defense, healthcare, and infrastructure.

Fed meeting minutes, consumer credit, and more.

The economy added fewer jobs than expected, but analysts say the labor market remains healthy and the Fed is focused on inflation.

The AI trade cooled and bond yields soared to multi-decade highs.

Sticky inflation and the AI borrowing boom are driving yields upward with no signs of slowing.

And why today’s biggest market stories may be distractions.