The US construction industry is facing significant cost pressures due to new tariffs on key building materials like steel, aluminum, and copper, alongside persistently high interest rates. Industry ...

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Growth in the construction industry plateaued over the past year — and in 2026, look for that trend to continue. Faced with labor shortages, supply chain issues and economic pressures like high ...

Discover how the spot rate Treasury curve—a yield curve from Treasury spot rates—serves as a critical tool for bond pricing and market predictions.

The housing industry will be disappointed by interest rates remaining near current levels, as predicted in an earlier article. With that assumption, construction will be generally level, home prices ...

WASHINGTON, DC: The Federal Reserve logo is seen on the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the policy-making arm ...

Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF offers dynamic interest rate hedging, blending U.S. Treasuries with OTC rate options to protect against yield curve volatility. Current macro indicators—flattening ...

Free Expression: The specifics of President Trump’s fiscal agenda are less important than the overall picture of political dysfunction and economic ineptitude. Inflation slowed to 0.1% in May, ...

Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF combines TIPS exposure with options on yield curve spreads to hedge inflation and rate volatility. IVOL has underperformed both its main ...

Learn how interest rates affect savings, borrowing, and the economy, impacting personal and business finances. Discover their role in investments and economic trends.

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Bond investors are buying longer-term maturities up to 10-year debt and ramping up bets on a steeper yield curve, anticipating that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this ...