When Leah B. Foley, the US attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced federal charges against two men alleging they had illegally trafficked nearly $7 million in food stamps, or SNAP ...

Many mortgage lenders are cutting tracker and variable rates for existing customers as the dust settles on the Bank of England's decision to cut the base rate from 4% to 3.75% just days ago (on ...

LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The pound rose on Monday, building on gains made last week after the Bank of England delivered a widely expected rate cut, but suggested that the bar for further declines ...

The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to a 30-year high on Friday to help curb inflation, as widely expected, and financial markets took the move in stride. The 0.25 percentage point hike took ...

The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...

In recent years, certificate of deposit (CD) interest rates reached historic highs, due, in large part, to the Federal Reserve pushing up its benchmark rate to try and temper inflation. As the ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in 30 years, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero ...

Prediction market traders consistently beat professionals in forecasting inflation, especially when the readings deviate from estimates by a greater amount, according to a study by prediction market ...

The Federal Reserve meets for its first rate-setting session of 2026 on Tuesday, January 27, and Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The meeting comes on the heels of the Fed's December 2025 decision to cut ...

My habit of seeking out new music began with a few strokes of good luck. I grew up in a college town in the early to mid-nineties, during one of the golden eras of college radio. I spent a significant ...