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TL;DR: Rates remain in the same 6% range that they've occupied for weeks. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our ...

A factor rate is a method of calculating business borrowing costs. Calculate your repayment cost by multiplying the factor ...

TL;DR: Mortgage rates rose a bit today, but not enough to break your homebuying budget. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this does ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance rose to 6.24% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The average rate on a ...

Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.28%. For 20-year mortgage refinances, ...

Gov. Jeff Landry signed several bills into law during the regular 2025 session, as well as special sessions on insurance and 2026 elections.

Social media posts about unemployment can predict official jobless claims up to two weeks before government data is released, ...

When jobs or inflation data counter President Donald Trump’s preferred economic narrative, he typically offers alternative statistics to shine a more positive light on the economy. But Trump’s latest ...

The Federal Reserve’s final monetary move of 2026 gave markets a clearer but still-incomplete vision of where interest rates might be heading next year—a year likely marked by continued concerns over ...

President Donald Trump on Friday defended his administration's jobs record again in a Truth Social post, in which he claimed the rising unemployment figure is due to cuts in government jobs. "100% OF ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released delayed November employment data, along with some October measures, this morning.