Think your bank's interest rates are bad? Just take a look at Japan

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Customers at the Japanese banking corporation ATM machines of MUFG and Mizuho banks seen in Tokyo.
Customers at the Japanese banking corporation ATM machines of MUFG and Mizuho banks seen in Tokyo.

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Homebuyers react more to changes in mortgage rates than actual rates, Compass CEO says

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The Fed is bad at communicating and it's confusing people, says El-Erian

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Economist Mohamed El-Erian and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

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Slashing interest rates won't reignite inflation - and delaying could spark a recession, Nobel economist Paul Krugman says

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Paul Krugman.

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A top Fed official warns markets have gotten ahead of themselves in their enthusiasm for rate cuts in 2024

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Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester

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'The great disinflation' will set the stage for 5 Fed rate cuts in 2024, Goldman Sachs says

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FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell spoke at a press conference in Washington, DC on December 13.

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Elite investor Grant Cardone predicts a historic real-estate slump will slash office and apartment values to bargain levels

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Grant Cardone.

Grant Cardone

Billionaire investor David Rubenstein says he doesn't think there'll be a recession in the next few quarters even amid the Fed's rate cut signal

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David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman at Carlyle Group.
David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman at Carlyle Group.

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If you want lower interest rates, there's a little-known way to get them — if you qualify

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Assumable mortgages are becoming an increasingly popular home-financing option.

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The long, brutal reign of Wall Street's private-equity kings is over

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Private equity saw a decade-long boom, but in recent years both the market and American society have turned on Wall Street's buyout kings.

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