The Trump administration’s push for lower interest rates could forestall expected rate cuts.
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The odds that Kevin Warsh could be nominated to the job spiked to 60% on the betting market Polymarket following the president’s remark.
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Banks have retreated from home loans because of increased capital requirements and low margins, leaving the field to upstarts like UWM and Rocket.
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The administration suspended processing immigration visas for applicants from 75 countries on Wednesday.
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Trump puts 25% tariffs on chips, oil prices slide, consumers continue to borrow and spend despite affordability concerns, and more news to start your day.
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Stocks have shrugged off…practically everything in the first two weeks of the year.
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Inflation, he said, is still the main reason many households feel under pressure.
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Miran argues that deregulation removes barriers to production, which the Fed should accommodate with lower rates. Not all of his colleagues would agree.
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As President Donald Trump escalates his attacks on Fed chair Jerome Powell, investment professionals explain why his pressure tactics are unlikely to work.
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Paulson said the current level of the federal-funds rate remains “a little restrictive.”
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Consumer inflation doesn’t signal January rate cut, banks join resistance to credit card rate cap, tech addresses AI power use, and more news to start your day.
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JPMorgan stock is up in premarket trading, after a disappointing fourth quarter
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Investors are debating whether Washington’s latest moves are flooding markets with too much liquidity.
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JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warns the Justice Department’s grand jury subpoena of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell risks undermining confidence in the central bank and could ultimately push inflation expectations and interest rates higher.
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Muted reaction to a major attack on the Fed is telling.
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The Department of Justice’s investigation into Jerome Powell may not even be the biggest threat facing the Federal Reserve, Mike Harris writes in a guest commentary.
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Ten of the world’s top monetary policymakers are backing Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who faces the threat of criminal charges.
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Alphabet joins the $4 trillion club, Trump threatens tariffs on Iran trading partners, how the DOJ’s Powell investigation could backfire, and more news to start your day.
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Trump’s continued harassment of the Fed chair could very well trigger a selloff in stocks, bonds, or both, if enough investors decide that the central bank’s independence has been compromised
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Stocks edged higher as investors focused on earnings optimism rather than Fed worries.
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The investigation has hardened resistance in the Senate, strengthened Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s position, and complicated the transition to his successor.
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Gold and silver prices climb to record highs amid concerns over Fed independence and geopolitical tensions.
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The dollar falls the most in three weeks as the U.S. Justice Department probes Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the refurbishment of the central bank’s headquarters in Washington.
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Despite pointed geopolitical pressures, Goldman Sachs thinks oil prices will fall in 2026.
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