All posts tagged "interest rates"

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  U.S. average 30-year mortgage rate rises to 3.46%

  The 15-year fixed mortgage rate increased to 2.77% from 2.74%

  • Posted September 1, 2016
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  Yellen Suggests Rate Hike Is Coming but Offers No Timetable

  WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that the case for raising interest rates has strengthened in light of a solid job market and an improved outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation. But she stopped...

  • Posted August 26, 2016
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  US stocks take biggest losses in nearly a month

  NEW YORK – U.S. stocks took their biggest loss in almost a month on Tuesday as investors worried about the health of the U.S. economy and sold shares in retailers and car companies. Machinery companies also fell...

  • Posted August 2, 2016
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  US stocks slip as falling oil prices punish energy companies

  NEW YORK – U.S. stocks wobbled and finished mostly lower Monday as the price of oil continued to nosedive thanks to the strong dollar. Energy companies took the biggest losses as U.S. crude hovered around $40 a...

  • Posted August 1, 2016
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  Stocks close mostly higher, helped by technology, oil

  NEW YORK – Stocks ended slightly higher on Friday, helped by better-than-expected quarterly results from Google’s parent Alphabet and retailer Amazon and a modest recovery in oil prices. However, the gains were held back by disappointing results...

  • Posted July 29, 2016
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  Stocks close flat as investors monitor company earnings

  NEW YORK – Stocks had a muddled session on Tuesday, as investors worked through a large batch of corporate earnings from a range of companies including Gilead Sciences, McDonald’s and Texas Instruments. McDonald’s shares had their biggest...

  • Posted July 26, 2016
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  Stocks pull back after 4 weeks of gains

  Yahoo slips

  • Posted July 25, 2016
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  Bank of America Profits Fall 20 Percent

  Hurt by low rates

  • Posted July 18, 2016
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  US Economy Looks Resilient as Retailers, Industry Surge

  On Friday, July 15, 2016, the Federal Reserve reports on U.S. industrial production for June.

  • Posted July 16, 2016
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  A Bull Market Record that Doesn’t Feel Like It

  Second-longest bull market in history showing its age

  • Posted July 12, 2016