Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET

In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions actively trade balances held at the Federal Reserve, called federal funds, with each other, usually overnight, on an uncollateralized basis.
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How good is the Federal Reserve at its job?That can be a difficult question to answer. Monetary policy is subjective, and it can take years before the results become...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AU) has cut interest rates on some of its fixed-rate home loans by up to 40 basis points, the bank said in a statement Friday.New...
U.S. investment bank JP Morgan Friday lowered its forecast for Australian economic growth, but kept in place upbeat expectations that the country's mining boom will ...
Centurion Holdings CEO Joe Grano on Europe’s economy, U.S. government spending and the fallout from the Facebook IPO.
Mortgage Market Guide’s Barry Habib on producing the show “Rock of Ages” and the outlook for mortgage lending.
Nomura Securities International Chief Economic Advisor David Resler on the economic issues and the fiscal policies weighing on the markets.
Dear Debt Adviser, Is it better to pay off many items with small balances that are reported on your credit report? Is it better to pay off the oldest ones first? Is ...
The president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank said Thursday that given his current forecast for the U.S. economy, there is an argument for further monetary easi...
Total Car Score CEO Karl Brauer on its list of best automobile brands and models and how low rates are helping car companies.
Vining Sparks chief economic strategist Craig Dismuke on Facebook's impact on investors.
J.P. Morgan said Thursday a continuing recession in Europe will lead the European Central Bank to ease monetary policy further with rate cuts and another lending mea...
Too many potential real estate buyers pay way too much attention to short-term price changes. People are so worried that prices might drop a little and feel that may...
Defaults on auto loans in Brazil reached a record high in April as consumers struggled to pay down loans from previous years, the central bank reported Friday.The ce...
Interest rates on loans in Brazil plunged in April, but the supply of debt slowed and the level of bad loans increased, underscoring concerns about the pace of econo...
Individual investors' love affair with junk bonds appears to be on the rocks. High-yield bond funds saw their fourth-largest redemptions on record in the latest week...
GameChangers Stocks Editor Hilary Kramer on the outlook for J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley.
The Facebook IPO is shaping up as one of the biggest opening flops in stock market history. By the end of its third day of trading, the stock was down by more than 1...
The Brazilian real strengthened in intraday trading Friday after repeated interventions by the central bank reinforced the outlook the government won't let the real ...
Keith Fitz-Gerald of Money Map Press on whether you should invest in stocks amid a global slowdown.
