TSX ends lower as oil price drop pressures energy shares
Canada's main stock index fell on Wednesday as a drop in oil prices weighed on energy shares and hotter-than-expected U.S.
2025 was supposed to be the year mortgage rates fell — but that's looking less likely
Mortgage rates rose Wednesday in response to new inflation data. But borrowers can still find affordability, even when rates ...
Trump wants interest rate cuts. The market isn't buying it.
Voters elected Trump to find a way to curb the hotter inflation that occurred under President Joe Biden. But the president ...
Hopes for more Fed rate cuts dim as Powell notes hot CPI means ‘we're not quite there yet'
A Fed interest rate cut won’t be coming until at least September, if at all this year, following a troubling inflation report ...
Small-cap stocks drop sharply after inflation report
Small-cap stocks were struggling Wednesday as interest rates rose in the bond market following a stronger-than-expected January inflation report. The Russell 2000 index, a measure of U.S. small-cap ...
Bitcoin drops below $95K as US inflation surpasses expectations
Bitcoin briefly dipped below $95,000 on Feb. 12, minutes after the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released CPI and inflation ...
Trump calls for lowering interest rates as Powell heads to Hill
While presidents traditionally refrain from commenting on the bank’s policymaking, Trump has regularly weighed in on the ...
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Bitcoin, Ethereum Drop as US Reports Inflation Rose to 3% in January
Consumer prices rose as expected last month, indicating the pace of inflation remained unchanged in January after ...
Barclays cuts easy-access savings rate to just 1.25% as big high street deals get even worse
A major bank is cutting its standard easy-access savings rate to just 1.25 per cent to heap further misery on savers.
Prospect Capital: Deteriorating NAV And Vulnerable To Higher Rates (Rating Downgrade)
Prospect Capital's portfolio continues to show weakness in a high interest rate environment. Read why I downgrade PSEC stock ...
The RBA hasn't changed the cash rate for more than a year. Here's why
The figure that influences how high people's mortgage repayments are set has been 4.35 per cent since November 2023.
Repo rate-linked loans drop fast, but MCLR and new loans may lag—when will your home loan EMI fall post RBI rate cut?
With the recent 25 bps reduction in the repo rate, banks are expected to lower home loan rates for both new and existing ...