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Real Estate's Impact on the Economy by the Numbers: A State-by-State Analysis
...sector is a significant contributor to gross domestic product (GDP) through construction, home sales, and renovations. While these activities require labor and materials, they also stimulate...

May Fed Meeting: Stagflation Fears Persist As Fed Holds Rates Steady
Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Open Market...

Three Tips For Small Business Borrowers In A High Interest Environment
pm EDT Entering 2024, indications were that inflation might be easing, and borrowers became hopeful that interest rate cuts would be on the horizon. Now, four months into the year, inflation remains...

The Fed keeps interest rates at a 23-year high for the sixth-straight meeting
...has already had some effects on certain pockets of the economy, such as housing and business deal-making. Mortgage rates soared as the Fed hiked rates, leading to home...

Fed keeps interest rates at 23-year high
The Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates at a 23-year high on Wednesday, as the central bank tries to curb stubborn inflation. Investors now think it could be September at the earliest before...

10 Top Industrial Stocks Of May 2024
Strong returns when the economy is heating up. Industrial stocks are the classic example of a cyclical stock. When the economy is booming, orders for...

Immigrants Raise Wages And Boost Employment Of U.S.-Born Workers
am EDT New research concludes immigrants raise wages and boost the employment of U.S.-born workers. Americans should care about the findings, which confirm and expand upon earlier analyses, because...

What The Bear Market In Diversification Means For Investors
am EDT Alex Shahidi, JD, CFA®, CFP®, ChFC®, CIMA®, is a Managing Partner and Co-CIO at Evoke Advisors, and Host of The Insightful Investor Podcast. The principle behind diversification is to...

What is the federal funds rate? How the Fed controls interest rates, explained
...influences various financial decisions and products, such as credit card rates and mortgage rates. The Fed’s decision to raise or lower the fed funds rate can have a significant impact on the...

A New Era Of Higher Interest Rates
pm EDT There is more evidence every passing day that the U.S. is undergoing a secular change towards higher average interest rates. For almost fifteen years investors, business leaders, governments,...