United States

• After raising their benchmark rate last month the U.S. Federal Reserve hit the pause button The New York Times
• Consumer consumption drove meager U.S. economic growth during the final quarter of 2015 The Wall Street Journal
• After years of driving higher, rent rates may finally be decelerating CNBC

Around the World

• Bank of Japan cut interest rates into negative territory Bloomberg
• Effects of Bank of Japan’s decision CNBC
• Four U.S. cities crack the top ten as the least affordable in the world Independent

Personal Finance

• Financial solutions for millennials Bloomberg
• Beware of credit card tricks USA Today