Interest rates

The Internal Revenue Service announced the rates for the start of next year, which will stay the same as this quarter.

CFOs must consider what falling rates might mean for their balance sheets, borrowing strategies and overall business positioning.

The Federal Reserve's recent interest rate cuts are presenting CFOs with the opportunity to borrow money on more favorable terms for priorities like expansion or acquisitions.

The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point Wednesday, an aggressive shift aimed at bolstering the U.S. labor market.

While a securities-based loan is more commonly used to buy a fancy house or take a dream vacation, it's also an underused strategy for some affluent investors to pay large tax bills.

With inflation at nearly a 40-year high, the Internal Revenue Service said interest rates will increase for the calendar quarter starting Jan. 1, 2023.

Chicago-based Top 10 firm Grant Thornton found that finance leaders, who were already concerned about inflation, grew even more pessimistic about the road ahead. 

Some favorite techniques used by the wealthy in recent years aren't looking so good amid higher interest rates.

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As inflation and interest rates spiral upward, the service is increasing its interest rates for the third quarter of the year.

Policy makers voted 8-1 to lift their key rate to a target range of 0.25% to 0.5%, the first increase since 2018, after two years of holding borrowing costs near zero.

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Rates for overpayments will drop to 3 percent.

ASU 2018-16 lets hedgers use the SOFR Overnight Index Swap Financing Rate.

Business executives who are also CPAs are increasingly concerned about trade conflicts and rising interest rates, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued guidance outlining the accounting requirements for interest costs incurred before the end of a construction period.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposal Tuesday to expand the list of benchmark interest rates allowed for hedge accounting.

Economic confidence in the U.S. rebounded strongly in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a new survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants.

Outgoing Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank would welcome and support a faster expansion of the economy stemming from changes in the tax code, provided it was the right kind of growth.

The IRS has announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning April 1.