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Mortgage rates are falling. Is it a good time to buy a home?

Mortgage rates have dropped over the early months of 2025, offering homebuyers an opportunity for some borrowing relief if they move ahead with the big-ticket purchase.The housing market remains sluggish and wider economic uncertainty looms, however. President Donald Trump's tariffs threaten to upend global ...
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Fed expected to hold interest rates steady, defying Trump

(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is set to announce its first decision on the level of interest rates since President Donald Trump last month intensified calls for lower borrowing costs and voiced eagerness about the potential "termination" of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.In ...
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Trump criticizes Federal Reserve, calls for lower interest rates

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump late Wednesday criticized the Federal Reserve, urging the central bank to reduce interest rates, hours after it chose to leave borrowing rates unchanged.The move marked the latest example of Trump exerting pressure on the Federal Reserve, despite a longstanding ...
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RFK Jr. has questioned rising autism rates. Heres what experts say he gets wrong about the disorder

(WASHINGTON) -- During his confirmation hearings two weeks ago to lead the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated several unfounded claims about autism.Kennedy, an environmental lawyer who has made money through books, speeches and lawsuits while sharing vaccine ...
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Trumps tariffs could increase home prices and mortgage rates, some experts say

(WASHINGTON) -- Housing prices are soaring twice as fast as overall inflation. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage topped 7% in January for the first time since last spring. Observers as disparate as J.P. Morgan and the left-leaning nonprofit Center for American Progress have declared ...
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Fed holds interest rates steady, defying pressure from Trump

(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump called on the central bank to lower them.The announcement put the central bank on a potential collision course with Trump, though a longstanding norm of independence typically ...
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Fed expected to hold interest rates steady, defying pressure from Trump

(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will announce its latest decision setting the level of interest rates, just days after President Donald Trump called on the central bank to lower them.Investors widely expect the Fed to hold interest rates steady, putting the central ...
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Trump says he will demand lower interest rates

(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will call for a lowering of U.S. interest rates, exerting pressure on the Federal Reserve despite a longstanding norm of political independence at the central bank.During a virtual address to the World Economic Forum ...
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Fed cuts interest rates, delivering relief for borrowers at last meeting before Trump takes office

(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, delivering relief for borrowers at the central bank's last meeting before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.The central bank predicted fewer rate cuts next year than ...
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Fed expected to cut interest rates despite rising inflation. Heres why

(WASHINGTON) -- A fresh inflation reading this week flashed a warning: Price increases are rising again, just when the Federal Reserve had appeared close to declaring "mission accomplished" in its yearslong fight to lower them.In theory, the trend would prompt the Fed to raise ...
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