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U.S. bond yields edge higher as Fed’s Barkin says central bank will do what it takes to get inflation back to target
U.S. bond yields rose Friday morning as traders assessed how high Federal Reserve officials might take interest rates to combat...
Dow drops 300 points as options expiration unleashes volatility in stocks
U.S. stocks traded lower on Friday as more than $2 trillion equity-linked options expired, while investors digested more hawkish commentary...
Opinion: The Federal Reserve’s new weapon is solidarity. But does it have the backbone needed to drive out inflation?
How does a central bank convince a skeptical public about its intentions?The Federal Reserve was slow in acting when inflation...
Mitch McConnell: ‘Candidate quality’ may mean Republicans fail to flip Senate in midterm elections
The Senate’s top Republican is out with a sober assessment of his party’s chances for taking the chamber in November’s...
German Producer Prices Post Highest Increase on Record
By Maria MartinezGermany's producer prices rose strongly in July, driven by higher energy prices, posting the biggest increase ever recorded,...
U.K. retail sales see surprise rise in July, while consumer confidence plunges
U.K. retail sales rose modestly in July, surprising economists who were expecting a drop, while separately a survey showed plummeting...
Scandal or success? Ultra-wealthy including Tom Brady, Kanye West, Jared Kushner and Nancy Pelosi’s husband had PPP loans forgiven
Earlier this week the Daily Mail reported that the rich and famous including Kanye West, Tom Brady, Jared Kushner and...
Mortgage rates dip slightly due to cooling inflation data, but new construction slows and Inflation Reduction Act promises tax credits for new and used electric vehicles — here’s how to claim them
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Fed confirms Powell will speak at Jackson Hole conference on Friday Aug. 26
The Federal Reserve on Thursday confirmed that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will speak at the central bank's Jackson Hole summer...
‘Plunge in affordability’: Mortgage rates dip slightly due to cooling inflation data, but new construction slows
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.13% as of Aug. 11, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday — down 9...
Trump company CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty in tax-scheme case — but doesn’t implicate former President Trump
Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, on Thursday pleaded guilty to 15 felonies related to...
Fed’s Bullard says he is leaning toward backing 0.75 percentage point hike in September
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Thursday he is leaning toward supporting a 0.75 percentage point rate hike in...
Opinion: Democrats are wrong: Allowing Medicare to negotiate some drug prices won’t be a game-changer
Democrats hope their new health care, tax and climate law begins to rein in soaring prescription drug prices.One of its most touted...
Fed’s Kashkari says he doesn’t know if the central bank can bring inflation down without triggering a recession
Past efforts to bring down inflation have ended up tipping the economy into recession and it is still unclear if...
Opinion: The Fed is not getting cold feet about wrestling inflation to the ground, so stop misreading its minutes
The Federal Reserve isn’t as mysterious as it’s made out to be. It’s not hiding coded messages in its communications....
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