Browsing: Fed
For all the volatility 2025 has endured, things have actually turned out relatively well: The S&P 500 is up by…
Bad labor data is good news for Fed cut hopes, as Goldman, BofA expect Powell to go lower
Analysts may not have necessarily digested this week’s lackluster labor data with glee—but it sure didn’t dampen their spirits either.…
Fed Beige Book: Employers are leaning on AI, freezing hiring, changing hours to avoid layoffs
If a company wants to reduce its headcount, there are several levers it can pull. It could freeze hiring in…
As the Federal Reserve eyes a period of transformation to a new chairman, famed economist Mohamed El-Erian is of the…
Longtime Trump advisor Kevin Hassett emerges as favorite for Fed chair, Bloomberg reports
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that there’s a “very good chance” that President Donald Trump will name a new…
If the market doesn’t seem sure whether or not to expect a base interest rate cut next month, it’s not…
Trump’s public warning to Scott Bessent: Fix the Fed’s high interest rates or ‘I’m going to fire your ass’
President Donald Trump publicly warned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday that he could lose his job if he fails…
For now, data ignorance is bliss on Wall Street as investors are warned not to rely too heavily on private surveys
The U.S. government is nearing its longest shutdown in history, with Republicans and Democrats still at loggerheads over the nation’s…
The bloodbath in stocks was ‘the end of the cutting season,’ BofA says: Now we’re on alert for the ‘fail risks’ of 2025
Futures bets on the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 were both pointing strongly up this morning prior to the…
Powell gave traders a green light to double down on AI—but the markets punished Meta and Microsoft anyway
The broad index of large-cap companies in the S&P 500 closed flat, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose 0.55%. Tech…












