Industries like construction, real estate and manufacturing tend to be the most sensitive to shifts in interest rates - and they could pick up hiring more quickly as a result, said Tyler Schipper, an ...
The Federal Reserve’s 50-bp cut and chair Jerome Powell’s optimistic economic outlook reignited market confidence that the ...
Stocks, however, still posted overall wins for the week. The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC) ended the week up about 1.4%. The Dow Jones ...
The Federal Reserve delivered a gift to investors with a jumbo rate cut and the promise of more to come. But will rates return to the record lows we saw during the pandemic?
The reaction to the rate cut has been positive across the soft landing checklist. Odds of avoiding recession are higher ...
Trump has repeatedly criticized the central bank and suggested presidents should have more of an influence over the Fed’s ...
There is little historical experience to guide policymakers or investors, because the current economic cycle is like no other ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra joins the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s two Republican board ...
Lawmakers in the House are launching plan B to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. Speaker Mike Johnson ...
The Federal Reserve's recent interest rate cut has led to a decrease in mortgage rates, potentially easing the housing ...
President Biden says he has "never once spoken to the chairman of the Fed since I became president," despite a May 2022 ...
(THE CONVERSATION) In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Reserve announced on Sept. 18, 2024, that it was cutting its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to a range of 4.75% to 5% – ...