Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, Friday, August 14, 2026: Fixed rates rise, ARMs fall - Yahoo Finance

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda faces unusually acute risks of financial-market turbulence as he approaches this month’s policy decision in the wake of a public pressure campaign by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

The Bank of Canada held interest rates steady for a seventh consecutive meeting as an escalation in the trade war with the US threatens growth and creates the risk of new inflation pressures.

Spain’s decision to grant residency permits to undocumented migrants is reshaping its labor-market data, bringing more workers onto formal payrolls while simultaneously pushing up the number registered as jobless.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh used his keynote speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, last week to map out some of the key data points he leans on to read the US economy, offering new insight into his approach to…

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said there’s evidence inflation continues to ease as the impact of tariffs fades while higher energy prices are not spreading to other services.

Private payrolls rose by 38,000 in August according to ADP research. Economists expected a gain of 47,000. This was the smallest increase since the start of the year. Bloomberg's Michael McKee reports. (Source:…