U.S. interest rates look too high, relative to inflation. A compelling argument can be made that U.S. interest rates are higher than they “should” be relative to inflation. The implication of ...

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt revealed on Monday that President Trump sent a copy of this handwritten note to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, making the case that he should lower ...

After peaking at 9.1% in June 2022, inflation has eased, falling to a three-year low of 2.5% in August, just above the Fed’s 2% target rate. The Fed rapidly raised rates to crush inflation, and ...

Trump criticizes Fed chair Powell for keeping rates "artificially high," sending him a chart comparing global rates and ...

Learn about the concept of real interest rate, its calculation, significance in the economy, impact on investments, and difference from from nominal rates.

Chart: The Economist. From the 2000s to the 2010s, r* fell sharply. ... In the long run, the single greatest determinant of real interest rates is probably economic growth.

For instance, say your nominal return is 10% and inflation was 4%. You'd take 1.10 and divide it by 1.04, getting 1.0577. Subtract 1 and turn the result into a percentage, and that means that your ...