The Federal Reserve is less likely to make cuts this year as it grapples with a criminal probe, analysts say. That could undermine one of Trump's goals.

Federal Reserve officials send united message on January interest-rate cut after latest inflation, jobs reports

Trump repeated his call for lower rates after the investigation became public. “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell should cut interest rates, MEANINGFULLY!!!” Trump said in a social media post on Tuesday. The probe appears to center on Powell’s testimony to Congress last year about a multi-billion-dollar office renovation project.

The mortgage interest rate climate has changed. Here's what a good rate is considered to be at the start of 2026.

Fed interest rate expectations are hitting a wall of silence as the central bank’s official blackout period begins Saturday, January 17. Ahead of the crucial January 28 FOMC meeting, a series of hot labor reports and sticky inflation data have already forced a massive market recalibration,

Lower borrowing costs in 2026 may have seemed like a foregone conclusion last month, but a few experts have begun casting doubt on that assumption.

As interest rates fall, it helps to know what a good mortgage refinance interest rate is considered to be right now.