Lenders have let borrowers pay interest with more debt to conserve cash. Like any financial maneuver, the short-term solution can’t weather a prolonged high-interest environment.
The Federal Reserve is nearly certain to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its policy meeting this week, just a few days after President Donald Trump said he would soon demand lower rates
The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of recovery as anticipation builds around the Federal Reserve’s upcoming rate decision.
On a weekly basis, Wall Street’s main indexes are set for their second straight week of advances, with the blue-chip Dow on track for its biggest weekly jump since October 2022.
Wall Street’s main indexes closed higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow hitting their highest in more than a month, as investors assessed Donald Trump’s first actions as president and breathed relief that he did not start his second term with blanket tariff increases.
U.S. stock indexes are rallying toward the close of their best week in two months. The S&P 500 rose 1.1% Friday.
U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September
Nvidia and other U.S. tech stocks are holding a bit steadier after tumbling the day before on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence frenzy really needs all the dollars being poured into it
Buried in a rote US Treasury survey released on the eve of the latest holiday weekend was a question that all of Wall Street wants the answer to: What’s the Federal Reserve’s plan once it’s done drawing down its crisis-era bond holdings?
U.S. stocks ended lower but off their lows of the day on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady as expected and Fed Chair Jerome Powell offered soothing comments on the economy.
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) advanced 23% last year as investors cheered economic resilience and potential productivity gains from artificial intelligence. Admittedly, the index faltered in December as bond yields soared and the Federal Reserve signaled fewer interest rate cuts than anticipated in 2025.