All posts tagged "Federal Reserve"
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21BUSINESSThe reason why the Federal Reserve cut interest rates two days after the presidential election
The Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates just two days after the 2024 presidential election has nothing to do with the election....
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43US StocksStocks Are Up Lately. It’s About Much More Than Trump’s Odds Versus Harris.
The stock market has been hitting one record high after another. It’s tempting to declare that the market is pricing in a...
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34NEWSDecoding Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions
The Federal Reserve, the central banking system of the United States, wields a significant influence on the country’s economy. Its decisions on...
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29FINANCEFeds Made a Rate Cut and That Will Affect Next Years Social Security COLA
The U.S. Federal Reserve’s larger-than-anticipated interest rate cut of half a percentage point lowered the benchmark federal funds rate to a range of...
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53US StocksAfter Powell gives his Jackson Hole speech, the markets may wish they’d never heard it
Fed chief Powell will likely signal a quarter-point rate cut and continue to suggest a gradual easing cycle. The Jackson Hole Economic Symposium has...
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49FINANCE
Federal Reserve decides to cut interest rates in September
Looks like the Federal Reserve is finally about to give in. After months of holding out, they’re getting ready to slash interest...
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74BUSINESS2 Options You Have When Your Bank Starts Charging You for a Checking Account
Most of us are used to our checking accounts being free to own and operate; we expect to pay fees only for specific transactions...
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104US StocksS&P 500 slips about 1.8% for August in only the second negative month of 2023
The S&P 500 (SP500) on Thursday fell 1.77% for the month of August to close at 4,507.54 points. Its accompanying SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF...
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111US StocksEquity Markets Close Mixed as Investors Assess Corporate Results
US benchmark equity indexes closed mixed Friday as investors evaluated the latest set of corporate financial results. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.2%...
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169FINANCEHave CD and savings interest rates peaked? Here’s what experts think
It’s no secret that the Federal Reserve has been hiking interest rates recently. And while that has meant pricier mortgage loans and...
