Stock market today: Asian markets are mixed after Wall Street edges back from its record
Shares were mixed in thin Asian trading on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high. Oil prices fell and ...
‘We Still Have an Inflation Problem.’ A Fed Newcomer Wants to Go Slow on Rate Cuts.
The central bank’s recent infusion of financial-market brawn includes Beth Hammack, who worked for three decades at Goldman ...
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Youngkin backs push for cutting federal workforce, spending
Trump proposed the new entry to slash the federal workforce, moving employees and agencies outside of the Washington, D.C., area, including the Northern Virginia suburbs that depend on them ...
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Federal Workers Get Thursday Off to Remember Late President Jimmy Carter
Federal workers are getting the day off Thursday to remember former President Jimmy Carter. The 39th President died Sunday, December 29th at the age of 100. He had been in hospice care the past ...
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Here’s The Fed’s 2025 Meeting Schedule And What To Expect For Interest Rates
Fixed income markets anticipate that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in 2025, but not by much. Short-term interest rates are expected to end 2025 close to 4%. That’s down from the ...
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Interest rates, exporters and Reserve Bank intervention: There's a lot at stake as the Australian dollar weakens
Is the Reserve Bank close to stepping into the currency market to support the Australian dollar and, if so, what does this mean for millions of Australians? While it's a rare event, it's been done ...
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Nations States Turn To Bitcoin As A Strategic Reserve Asset
Bitcoin is emerging as a challenger to traditional reserve assets like gold and the U.S. dollar, with the potential to reshape the global monetary order. Under the Trump administration ...
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Federal Court Strikes a Final Blow to FCC’s Net-Neutrality Rules
A federal appeals court Thursday dealt a fatal blow to the Federal Communications Commission’s decade-plus effort to gain stronger oversight over the internet. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ...
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Will the Fed Raise Interest Rates in 2025?
When the Federal Reserve jolted markets in December, it wasn’t with its decision to cut interest rates by a quarter point, but with big changes in its rate forecasts for 2025. Fed officials ...
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See where and how Biden grew the federal workforce
President Biden has overseen a nearly 6% growth of the full-time, non-seasonal federal workforce during his four years in office, including a jump at nearly every major agency. The trend marks a ...
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Ringgit dips against US dollar as Fed rate concerns loom, edges up against pound and euro
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — The ringgit finished lower against the US dollar on the first trading day of the year on continuous demand for the greenback due to concerns over the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) ...
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Average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage hits 6.91%, according to Freddie Mac, the highest since July
Interest rates have been climbing since the Federal Reserve signaled last month that it expects to raise its benchmark rate just twice this year, down from the four cuts it forecast in September.