Fed’s Beige Book says economy is stable. Firms more optimistic about 2025, but tariffs a worry.
The U.S. expanded steadily in November, but hiring was subdued and inflation was still a nagging problem in some parts of the ...
Stocks remain higher as Fed's Powell cites 'very good' U.S. economy
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite remained on track to reach fresh record closes on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome ...
Powell says lower income workers are under more stress
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that there are more pressures on lower income workers than there were two years ago. Retailers ...
Jerome Powell Q&A: Markets await Fed chairman’s DealBook summit panel
Follow along with MarketWatch's live coverage of Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's discussion at the New York Times DealBook ...
Holding cash heading into 2025? Retirees should consider this ‘guaranteed’ investment strategy in the new year.
The next set of U.S. government direct auctions of Treasury inflation-protected securities, known as TIPS, start in January, ...
This is the one certain thing you should expect from mortgage rates this month, one financial analyst tells us
As investors remain uncertain about what the Federal Reserve will do at its Dec. 17-18 meeting, Lewis says, “Mortgage rates ...
Trump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the ...
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Terns’s stock soars as analysts cheer leukemia data — and predict more gains
Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s stock was soaring 14% Wednesday, as analysts cheered positive data released a day earlier on a ...
What happens next if French government loses no-confidence vote
Michel Barnier is expected to be ousted in a no-confidence vote that could plunge markets into turmoil as Frances faces ...
Inflation threatens Fed rate-cut expectations once again. Here’s why.
With investors looking toward Friday’s November nonfarm-payrolls report, market participants see the potential that it could ...
Salesforce earnings spur a big stock rally. Is the AI hype justified?
Wall Street seems excited about early momentum for Salesforce’s Agentforce AI product, but some analysts are skeptical about ...
Powell says he doesn't think idea of a 'shadow Fed chair' is going to happen
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said he wasn't worried about the notion that President-elect Donald Trump might select someone as a so-called "shadow Fed chair" well before Powell's term ends in mid-2026. "I ...