Interest rates

Mortgage rates have popped back up above 7%, sales have fallen and builder sentiment is down. 5% would get things moving, per one economist.

The credit bureau TransUnion is out with a report showing that borrowers aged 22 to 24 are carrying an average of $2,834 in credit card debt — about a quarter more than millennials in the same age range a decade ago.

With interest rate cuts uncertain, businesses owners are keeping their shelves a little leaner. But that's not necessarily a bad sign.

The greenback is so strong that Japan and South Korea have complained.

Higher interest rates and insurance costs make building low-income and supportive housing more costly —  especially in California, home to 28% of the U.S. homeless population.

Inflation’s up again in the U.S. while the EU is edging closer to its target. That brings the ECB to a bit of a fork in the road.

Switzerland may be the first to start rolling back the recent round of rate hikes.

Rock bottom interest rates and reduced corporate taxes have helped buoy stock market gains in the past decade.

Factors like high interest rates, tight credit and workers continuing to work from home are all hitting commercial construction demand.

It’s been harder for lower- and middle-income households to afford higher food, rent and gas prices without getting into debt.