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The rating agency demoted the US government’s creditworthiness to AA+, its second-highest ranking, on Aug. 1, 2023.
The Fed lifted its benchmark interest rate just 0.25 percentage point following a series of much more aggressive rate hikes in 2022.
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 Excellence in Finance Research Chair, West Virginia University
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Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California
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Professor & Greenbaum/Ferguson/NJAR Endowed Chair in Real Estate Policy, 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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Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Skidmore College
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Associate 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
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Professor of Economics, Florida International University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor in Finance, University of Stirling
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
