U.S. Added 164,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Rate at 3.7 Percent
The figures suggest the economy is cooling but not as much as many analysts had feared a few months ago.
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In the Fed’s Rate Cut, a Focus on Everyday Workers
As part of a broader evolution, the Federal Reserve is focusing on transparency, inclusiveness and a greater responsiven...
Fed’s hawkish rate cut could be good for the stock market in the long run, analysts say
The market’s initial reaction could give way to healthy returns in the coming weeks
Asia Markets: Asian markets fall after Fed rate cut, end of U.S.-China trade talks
Asian markets fell in early trading Thursday, following the Fed’s first interest-rate cut in more than a decade.
Asia Markets: Asian markets mixed after Fed rate cut, end of U.S.-China trade talks
Asian markets were mixed in early trading Thursday, following the Fed’s first interest-rate cut in more than a decade.
Asian shares falter, dollar jumps as Powell dampens hopes for more rate cuts
Asian shares fell to six-week lows on Thursday and the dollar rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve delivered a 25-basis-p...
Market Extra: Rate cut with stock market at all-time highs? It’s been done before — but here’s what’s different
A look back at history shows that the Fed has been willing to cut rates with stocks at or near all-time highs in the pas...
Outside the Box: This Fed rate cut could signal the stock market’s peak
For the Federal Reserve to become any more dovish would require a sharp dip in U.S. economic data.
U.S. Economy Grew at 3.2% Rate in First Quarter
The report indicates that the 10-year recovery retains momentum, despite recent fears that the year was off to a slow st...
Financial market 'pause party' makes Fed rate cut less likely
Risk-taking has been the rage since the Federal Reserve quit hiking interest rates at the end of last year. U.S. stocks...
Major Wall Street firm worries about surprise Fed rate hike, says biggest market gains are overseas
The best investment opportunities may be thousands of miles away.
Fed officials are leaving the door open for more rate hikes if the economy improves, minutes say
But the Fed minutes also said most policymakers expected the Fed's target range will be "unchanged for the remainde...
First quarter growth starting to look stronger, despite recession scare and calls for rate cuts
Economists are ratcheting up growth forecasts for the first quarter, after some better manufacturing and construction da...
White House calls for Fed to reverse U.S. rate hikes
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the Federal Reserve made a mistake by raising interest rates and blamed...
NerdWallet: How to avoid car insurance rate increases based on your gender
Drivers can pay hundreds of dollars a year in higher premiums because of the impact of gender on their rates.
Turkish stocks dive and key interest rate hits 1,200%
Turkish stocks plummeted on Wednesday as the country's struggles to defend its currency ahead of a key election on...
With Fed pause, list of potential Asia rate cutters grows
A slowing global economy and abrupt end to Federal Reserve policy tightening have shifted rate cut expectations in Asia...
It's not too soon for a Fed interest rate cut, according to this chart
The market's swift move this week to price in a quarter point interest rate cut so soon after the Fed's Decemb...
Fed's Evans says inflation could run to 2.5% before rate hikes are needed
A jump to 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent "is not a big concern for me at the moment," Charles Evans says in prepared remark...
Trump says GDP would have topped 4% if Fed had halted rate hikes sooner
U.S. economic growth would be much stronger had the Federal Reserve stopped raising rates sooner, President Donald Trump...