Steve Randy Waldman writes the finance and economics blog Interfluidity. In recent writings Waldman has put forward some incisive thoughts on negative real interest rates in the United States.

Reviewed by Erika Rasure Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Multiple economic factors influence interest rates. Three types of interest rates, including real, nominal, and effective affect consumers' ...

More than two years ago, seeking to revive a moribund economy, the European Central Bank (ECB) embarked on a new monetary policy measure: charging interest on excess liquidity that banks held at the ...

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, April 7 (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank said on Thursday that higher oil, food and wage costs may lift inflation and the country's economy does not need negative real interest ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss inflation turned negative in May, marking the first decline in consumer prices for more than four years and adding pressure on the Swiss National Bank to cut its interest rate ...

December 10, 2025. That's the date when the final Federal Reserve meeting will conclude its final 2025 meeting and, with it, a now widely anticipated reduction to the federal funds rate. A rate drop ...