If you've been waiting for borrowing costs to fall for credit cards, car loans or mortgages, your wait just got longer.

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The US bond market is off to a tough start in 2025. This has been reflected in spiking yields, which trade inverse to the ...

Analysis of December's strong jobs report, indicating a robust labor market and potential impact on Fed rate decisions. Click ...

Employers across the U.S. added a robust 256,000 jobs in December, a sign the labor market remains in good shape.

A hot jobs report makes it even more likely the Federal Reserve won’t cut rates at its next meeting in January — or for the foreseeable future.

Stronger-than-expected data on the labor market has intensified concerns that the economy continues to run at a solid pace, amplifying fears about stubborn inflation.

After the "gangbuster" December jobs report, the Federal Reserve's rate-cutting cycle is over, said Aditya Bhave, senior U.S. economist at BofA Global Research. "Our base case has the Fed on an ...

Top Wall-Street brokerages revised their Fed rate cut forecasts, after a blow-out U.S. jobs report on Friday, with BofA ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. hiring picked up unexpectedly in December as employers added a strong 256,000 jobs, another sign of the ...

The Dow fell over 500 points on Friday morning after new job reports surpassed expectations, and the Federal Reserve ...

The surprising 256,000 increase in new jobs in December and a declining unemployment rate is good news, but the latest ...