Financial news is always awash in numbers, but there’s one figure that’s almost always more important than anything else: the ...

The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 169 points, or 0.4%, as of 12:47 p ...

The Toronto Stock Exchange, which was down 120 points at the open, has recovered some ground and is 30 points lower at midday with most sectors down. Energy down 1%, is the biggest decliner. Miners ...

In data released on Wednesday, the U.S. consumer-price index for January came in hotter than expected. The index rose 0.5% for the month, pushing the annual headline rate of inflation to 3%. Meanwhile ...

Expectations for rate cuts were recalibrated after CPI, with markets now predicting the Fed will hold rates steady until well ...

U.S. Treasury yields held steady on Wednesday as investors brace themselves for the January consumer inflation report.

Refi rates have ticked down, lowering the 30-year rate average after two days of inching up. Rates for several other refi ...

U.S. government debt continued to selloff slightly, keeping 2- through 30-year yields higher on the day, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said officials are in no hurry to adjust their ...

-- The yield on the 10-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD10Y was 4.534%, up 4.2 basis points from 4.492% on Monday. -- The yield on the 30-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD30Y was 4.743%, up 3.3 basis points from ...

Rates on new 30-year mortgages have ticked up a bit, rising only a handful of basis points above their cheapest level since December. Many other loan averages also climbed.

The age-old adage that "Treasury bonds are for safety" is misleading when you consider the sheer variety within this segment of fixed income. While all U.S. Treasury securities are backed by the ...