The years of 2% mortgages are long gone, but many people — and politicians — are hoping for their return. President Donald Trump made that one of his campaign promises in 2024, and while we haven’t ...

Money moves quietly until someone whispers the magic—or terrifying—words: “interest rates.” Suddenly, everyday spending decisions start feeling monumental. That morning latte feels like a major budget ...

Connecticut does not have the highest flu rate in the Northeast based on the latest available data, with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regional maps showing that only a limited number of ...

TOKYO—In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters. It was also the last time the Bank of ...

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Bitcoin has erased all of this year's gains and investors are nervous. Fed tone will impact prices as much as (if not more than) the rate decision itself. Look to the long term -- cryptocurrencies ...

Just a few weeks ago, the stock market stumbled over fears that artificial intelligence stocks might be in a bubble. Now stocks are back within reach of a record high. Thank the Federal Reserve. The ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Voting rights activists rally on the state Capitol grounds outside as the NC Supreme ...

Well that didn’t take long. A week ago many on Wall Street were closing the books on 2025 rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, citing the unprecedented lack of economic data coming out of the US ...

In yet another sign that winter weather is either here or will be soon, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. Its potential arrival in the United States over the next few weeks is cause ...

College football teams are on pace to go for it on fourth down rather than punt or attempt a field goal more often than in any in the past 10 seasons and probably ever. Teams also are converting at ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the second time since September. Before that, it had gone nine months without a cut. The federal ...