Elon Musk, one of his closest advisers, has at least a dozen children and has said that his fear of low birth rates leading to the collapse of modern civilization keeps him up at night.

In a week the Bank of England cut the base rate to 4.25%, savings rates have started to fall, writes Anna Bowes, savings expert from The Private Office, in her weekly guide for the Money blog.

If you want to open a fixed deposit (FD) account with a bank, it is recommended to first compare the interest rates offered by different lenders. Recently most banks have slashed their interest ...

Another big four bank has slashed its mortgage rates ahead of the RBA as competition among the banks heats up. ANZ has become the latest bank to make a move on interest rates outside of the RBA ...

During the last three years, mortgage rates have been on the rise. In early 2022, the average 30-year fixed rate was 4.72% and the 15-year fixed rate was 3.91%. Rates reached a recent peak in late ...

Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April, Statistics Canada said on Friday, matching the highest rate seen in eight years outside of the pandemic. The economy added a very ...

Mortgage rates remained flat this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the ...

Katherine Watt is a CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa cum ...

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MILLIONS of mortgage bills are set to fall after the Bank of England (BoE) slashed interest rates this afternoon. During today's meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), the BoE's rate ...

The Bank of England has cut its central interest rate to 4.25%, marking its second reduction this year, amid mounting concerns over a potential global trade war and a deteriorating economic outlook.

The Bank of England has cut its base rate from 4.5% to 4.25% - but what exactly does this mean for you? The base rate is the interest rate that the Bank of England charges other banks and lenders ...