US Mortgage Rates Fall, Hitting the Lowest Level Since October Bloomberg.com Mortgage rates fall to lowest level in 10 months CNN Average rate on a 30-year mortgage drops to lowest level since October ABC News Homeowners rush to refinance as mortgage-rate plunge opens ‘window of opportunity’ MarketWatch When will mortgage rates go down? Predictions about mortgage rates in 2025 and 2026. Yahoo Finance Source link
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Scott Bessent questions whether Powell should cut rates by 50 bps in September
Investors are pricing in a more than 96% chance of the Fed cutting the base rate in September, following a cooler than expected inflation report for July, released yesterday. But this isn’t the only pressure Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) are under: Analysts and politicians are also getting their orders in for how much of a …
Read More »Study uncovers alarming anxiety rates among autistic college students
As autism diagnoses continue to grow and remain a topic of nationwide debate, new research reveals that autistic individuals are facing mental health challenges at a major turning point in their lives – when they go to college. According to a new study led by researchers at Binghamton University, autistic college students face dramatically higher rates of anxiety and depression …
Read More »Bessent Says Fed Rates Should Likely Be 150, 175 Basis Points Lower – Bloomberg.com
Bessent Says Fed Rates Should Likely Be 150, 175 Basis Points Lower Bloomberg.com US treasury secretary Scott Bessent calls for half-point interest rate cut at next Fed meeting – business live The Guardian BlackRock’s Rick Rieder says CPI gives Fed justification for a half-point cut in September CNBC Markets have convinced themselves they’ll get a September interest rate cut—now they’re eyeing a double …
Read More »Homeowners race to refinance as mortgage rates plunge – MarketWatch
Homeowners race to refinance as mortgage rates plunge MarketWatch US 30-year mortgage rate dropped last week, refi applications surged Yahoo Finance Mortgage Rates Hold Steady After Key Inflation Report Mortgage News Daily Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Shares Mortgage Rate Forecast for the Rest of the Year and Into 2026 Realtor.com Current mortgage rates report for Aug. 11, 2025: Rates dip lower Fortune Source link
Read More »iPhone 17 Air Will Compete With iPhone 17 Pro In Performance, But Binned A19 Pro Chip With Fewer GPU Cores May Impact Gaming Frame Rates And Graphics Quality
Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 Air is not just trying to be the thinnest iPhone ever but it is also silently gunning for the ‘Pro’ models’ performance crown. On paper, the device is shaping up to be a sleek underdog of 2025, carrying the same A19 Pro chip that powers its more expensive siblings. A new leak claims that the iPhone …
Read More »Wall Street rises to more records on hopes for lower interest rates
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to records on Tuesday after data suggested inflation across the country was a touch better last month than economists expected. The S&P 500 rose 1.1% to top its all-time high set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 483 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.4% to …
Read More »Cash held by US companies halved since 2021 amid high interest rates, data shows
By Ateev Bhandari (Reuters) -Cash allocations by U.S. corporations have halved since 2021 as elevated interest rates prompt a shift to higher-yielding treasury bills, data from Clearwater Analytics showed on Tuesday. Median allocations to cash – which includes hard currency, money market funds and 90-day treasury bills – dropped to 20% at the end of July from 40% in 2021, …
Read More »In Trump’s America, vaccination rates are declining and measles is spreading | Katrina vanden Heuvel
New data from the CDC suggests a grim back-to-school tradition emerging: in 2024, kindergarten vaccination rates declined for the fifth consecutive year. Meanwhile, vaccine exemptions reached a record high. These statistics became all the more disturbing last fall when, shortly after 286,000 children began their educations without proof of full immunity against measles, a man who has bragged about never …
Read More »RBA cuts interest rates to more than 2-year lows
Australia’s central bank said on Wednesday that monetary policy was restrictive with the current cash rate causing financial pain for many households, but it could not rule out further tightening if necessary to tame inflation. Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Australia’s central bank cut its benchmark lending rates by 25 basis points on Tuesday, while downgrading the annual …
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