US stocks rally after their sell-off, but not by enough to keep them from a 4th straight losing week
One piece of uncertainty hanging over Wall Street may be clearing after the Senate made moves to prevent a possible partial ...
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Changes to the 2025 National Budget might be made
On Wednesday (12 March), the National Treasury proposed hiking value-added tax by 1 percentage point by mid-2026, increasing ...
Judge denies CFPB funding relief to Baltimore
A federal judge on Friday declined to temporarily block the Trump administration’s bid to strip the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of its reserve funds, after the city of Baltimore ...
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Donald Trump Is Crashing the Economy, but Wall Street Is Afraid to Speak Out
In 1929, at the start of the stock market crash that inaugurated the Great Depression, Variety ran the famous headline: “WALL STREET LAYS AN EGG.” It’s possible now to imagine the sequel: “DONALD ...
Refinance Rates Shoot Up to 3-Week High
After mildly inching up in the past week, 30-year refi rates have now jumped a full eighth of a point. Rates on almost all other refi loan types also saw increases Thursday.
List of Federal Agencies That Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Employees
Two judges ordered agencies to reinstate probationary workers fired as part of the Trump administration's efforts to downsize ...
Mortgage Rates Jump, for Largest One-Day Increase of 2025
Jumbo 30-year mortgages gained 9 basis points Thursday, raising the average to 6.82%. Last fall, jumbo 30-year rates plummeted to 6.24%, their cheapest level in 19 months. Meanwhile, it's estimated ...
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Judges Block Mass Firings of Federal Employees, Order Reinstatement
Federal judges in San Francisco and Baltimore ruled against the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary federal ...