Browsing: Interest Rates
Home Depot says customers are putting off larger home-improvement projects as stubborn interest rates and worries about the economy fester
Home Depot customers are putting their big home-improvement projects on hold as worries about the economy and interest rates have…
The ‘Ghosts of 2007’ and the graybeard ‘Nifty 50’: BofA looks at the rare situation in markets and finds ominous parallels to the GFC and the dotcom bubble
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s looming decision on whether to cut interest rates in September 2025 is sparking heightened concern on…
Warren Buffett’s $1.6 billion bet on UnitedHealth sends the struggling insurer’s stock soaring
U.S. stocks are hanging around their record levels on Friday as Wall Street heads toward the finish of another winning week. The…
Top economist says Trump’s Fed pressure may not be felt for years: ‘You can appear to get away with a lot while you’re actually doing a lot of damage’
President Donald Trump is rapidly tightening his grip on institutions that have long been thought to operate independently of the…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave little indication on Wednesday of bowing anytime soon to President Donald Trump’s frequent demands that he…
Fed board member and possible Powell replacement says bank should cut rate this month because growth is slowing ‘significantly’
Christopher Waller, a member of the Fed’s governing board, said in a speech in New York City that the economy is showing…
There’s a ‘growing risk’ Fed will have to cut interest rates by 50 basis points in December to ‘catch up’ to a sagging labor market, Oxford Economics says
Amid a cloudy outlook, they’ll reveal either good economic fortune or a downturn. On the one hand, interest rate cuts…
New vehicle deliveries will slow in the year’s second half amid higher prices spurred by the tariff-related costs, Cox Automotive…
Trump urges Congress to grill ‘very dumb, hardheaded’ Powell in latest attack over Fed’s refusal to cut interest rates
The Fed chairman will appear before Congress today and tomorrow, first before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday morning…
Russia’s wartime economy, once defiant in the face of Western sanctions and geopolitical isolation, is showing signs of fatigue. On…












