The Fed lifted its benchmark interest rate just 0.25 percentage point following a series of much more aggressive rate hikes in 2022.
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The Fed raised interest rates the most in nearly three decades to fight stubborn inflation. A finance expert explains what’s happening, the risks and what it means for consumers.
There are a number of reasons why Ghana’s domestic borrowing is more expensive than foreign debt.
The Fed lifted its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point as it fights raging inflation.
Higher interest rates reduce demand for goods and services, which makes it harder for companies to raise prices. But there are risks as well.
The US central bank said surging inflation is guiding its decision about when to lift interest rates. Two experts on financial markets explain what might happen next.
The Fed slashed interest rates to near zero but, just as in 2008, it will require unprecedented action to calm panicky markets.
An economist unravels the seeming contradiction between stocks flirting with all-time highs and growing fears of a recession.
Most of us bargain hunt when shopping for a new blouse or pair of blue jeans, yet for some reason we don’t with interest rates, potentially costing us thousands of dollars.
The collapse of an obscure corner of the financial market a decade ago foreshadowed the Great Recession. The stock-market swoon in February should offer a similar warning.
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Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance, West Virginia University
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Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California
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Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professor, Dept. of Economics, Finance & Real Estate, Monmouth University
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Assistant Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Ghana
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Associate Professor of Finance, Texas State University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Old Westbury
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Associate Professor of Economics, Skidmore College
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Assistant Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
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Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
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Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
