U.S. News & World Report

Mortgage Rates Drop Ahead of Fed Meeting

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 6.37% this week, down six basis points from 6.43% the week before, according to U.S. News data. Mortgage refinance rates also pulled back this week, ...
CNBC

Rates are a big driver of relative performance in stock leadership: Piper Sandler's Kantrowitz

Michael Kantrowitz, Piper Sandler chief investment strategist, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the market's action around rates, expectations for yields and much more. Got a confidential news ...
MarketWatch

Another dire problem for Social Security: Trustees may be calculating the birth rate wrong

Social Security’s finances may be in worse shape than thought. The Social Security Trustees — who release a report each year on the health of the program that supports about 70 million retirees and ...
Reuters

Central banks have a real rate problem

ORLANDO, Florida, May 18 (Reuters) - Accelerating inflation in the U.S. and beyond is leaving the Federal Reserve and other central banks with an acute problem – negative real interest rates.
Concord Monitor

Rates and Rights: Temporary rates are a permanent problem for utility customers

The Public Utilities Commission is located inside the State of NH Walker Building on Fruit Street. Credit: Dana Wormald / New Hampshire Bulletin Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter ...
HousingWire

Builders don’t have a rate problem, they have a reliability problem

A builder lines up a deal. Land is identified. Plans are drawn. The numbers work. The lender says yes. And then — somewhere between approval and execution — the ground shifts. The timeline stretches, ...
Medscape

Patient No-Shows: Why ‘Stable’ Rates Mask a Stubborn Problem

Patient no-shows remain a stubborn problem for US medical practices, and the numbers suggest the issue isn’t getting better on its own. An August 2024 MGMA Stat poll found 73% of practices reported ...
Time

8 Signs You’re the Problem in Your Arguments

Follow this section to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Personalized Content Follow this tag to personalize your feed and get ...
STAT

Politicians are using low teen birth rates to further restrict access to birth control, abortion

Steiner is a research associate professor and the director of research translation at CONVERGE at University of Pittsburgh. As a public health behavioral scientist who has spent my career researching ...
Salon

Trump won’t touch the one thing that could fix fertility rates

Last March, at a Women’s History Month event, President Donald Trump highlighted his record on women’s health, including support for in vitro fertilization, saying he’ll one day be known as the ...
People

Fox News Analyst Says It's a 'Problem' That Teens Are Not Having Babies, Blames Young People for Declining Fertility Rate

Fox senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel criticized people who "wait until they're in a more stable life situation, until they're more financially secure." Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for ...