President Donald Trump’s proposal that “representatives” buy up $200 billion in mortgage bonds pushed mortgage rates down to the lowest level in nearly two years on Friday. The 30-year fixed-rate ...

It’s bowl season, which means we have a lot of football to watch between Dec. 13 and Jan. 19! Ohio State, Utah, Georgia Southern, Army, Texas A&M — and just about everyone in between — will take part ...

A team of Australian and international scientists has, for the first time, created a full picture of how errors unfold over time inside a quantum computer—a breakthrough that could help make future ...

STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s central bank held its key policy rate at 1.75% Thursday and maintained that the next move will be a hike, but not for some time. The decision was in line with a Wall Street Journal ...

A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday in a 9-3 vote, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. The FOMC's "dot plot" ...

Iowa's unemployment rate fell to 3.7% in September, the first decrease in more than 1 1/2 years. The construction and education sectors led job growth in Iowa for the month. Despite the recent gain, ...

The Fed cut rates at its last meeting of the year The Federal Reserve cut rates by a quarter-point Wednesday afternoon in alignment with expectations. Business Insider is covering developments live ...

Silver futures extended their record-breaking rise Tuesday, closing above $60/oz for the first time, driven by fears of a global silver supply squeeze and anticipated rate cuts from the U.S. Federal ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

For a number of Asia’s emerging-market currencies, the widely expected Federal Reserve interest-rate cut in December may come just in time. Fed easing would help India’s central bank by reducing ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...

UC San Diego is trying to solve a math problem. The university said a growing number of students are starting their freshman year lacking high school math proficiency. KPBS reporter Jacob Aere says ...