Wall Street’s slow embrace of crypto means we all have to start watching the Federal Reserve again. Cointelegraph parsed through the latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy statement on Wed...
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With Recent Interest Rate Hike, Has the Federal Reserve ‘Lost All Control?’
On a recent episode of The Best Business Show, bitcoin investor Anthony Pompliano shared his thoughts on The Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate hike, arguing that the the agency “has lost all cont...
Federal Election Donations in the U.S. can now be Made in Crypto
Federal Election coming up? Well now, you can donate to your fave candidate in crypto. Elections will still be an absolute sideshow however. Elections are becoming quite the circus, especially electio...
Why The Federal Reserve Rally Failed
Wednesday’s bullish news conference from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell sparked the biggest gains for the Dow Jones and S&P 500 since 2020, while the Nasdaq composite climbed out of bea...
Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates by 0.5%, Biggest Increase Since 2000
The United States Federal Reserve has increased interest rates by half a percentage point. Inflation is hitting the U.S. hard, and the central bank is looking at ways to stymie its effect on the count...
Dow Jumps 900 Points After Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates By Half-Percentage Point
Topline The stock market surged higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.5% in a move widely-anticipated by investors, as the central bank continues on its path of aggr...
Federal Reserve Statement May: Here’s what changed
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting on March 16. Text removed from the March state...
Great expectations for the decisions of the Federal Reserve
Today the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, will announce its decision on a hypothetical interest rate hike. Federal Reserve fights inflation The market expects interest rates to rise by 50 basis...
Stagflation risk rises as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy
The Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates in an effort to defuse an explosive year of price inflation. But global forces could neutralize the effects of that tightening of monetary policy, and keep...
Student loan forgiveness is ‘up to the White House,’ Federal Student Aid COO says
As President Joe Biden moves closer to canceling some student loan debt, the top federal student loan official said any forgiveness by the president would be additive to other reforms taking place. &#...
What’s next for stock market as Federal Reserve moves toward ‘peak hawkishness’
Investors will watch for another gauge of U.S. inflation in the week ahead after the stock market was rattled by the Federal Reserve ramping up its hawkish tone and suggesting large interest rate hike...
Weekend reads: How to position your investments before the Federal Reserve causes a bear market
Do you remember all the times Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was quoted as saying inflation in the U.S. was “transitory”? With the Fed now ready to fight inflation, the bond market has quickly...
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Restrictive Kentucky Abortion Law
Topline A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a restrictive new Kentucky abortion law that effectively banned the state’s only two clinics from offering the procedure, a week after the law m...
Why do Economists think averaging Federal Reserve Monetary will boost crypto and gold?
Common thinking would suggest that if Federal Interest Rates went on to hike, then what would be safe to keep your money? Of course, crypto and gold To fight the uncontrolled and rampant battle agains...
FAA Making ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy For Unruly Passengers Permanent Even As Judge Strikes Down Federal Mask Mandate
Topline The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday it will make its “zero tolerance” policy for addressing unruly passengers aboard flights permanent after violent outbursts spiked during...
Federal Workers Can’t Sue Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandate, Appeals Court Says
Topline Federal workers who want to challenge President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate should turn to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), an agency created to protect the rights of federa...
Federal Reserve Monetary Meddling Will Push Crypto and Gold Higher: Economist
A well-renowned economist has predicted that the Federal Reserve interest rate hikes may ultimately result in safe-haven assets such as Bitcoin and gold increasing in value. The U.S. central bank is u...
Federal Judge Refuses To Block Effort Seeking To Disqualify Marjorie Taylor Greene From Running For Re-Election
Topline A group of Georgia voters can proceed with their legal efforts seeking to bar Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from running for re-election, a federal judge ruled on Monday, clearing the pa...
Judge Declares Federal Public Transportation Mask Mandate Unlawful
Topline A federal judge threw out the federal government’s mask mandate for airports, airplanes and other public transportation Monday, ruling the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded i...
Former Ripple Advisor Nominated To Serve As Vice Chair of U.S. Federal Reserve
US President Joe Biden is nominating Michael Barr, a former Ripple advisor, to serve as Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve. During the Obama Administration, Barr worked as assistant sec...
US Federal Reserve Officially Considering CBDC to ‘Improve Existing Payment Systems’
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it is considering a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The bank said that it was the right time to consider a CBDC because technological advancements had com...
FTX Launches Federal Action PAC and Donates $4 Million To The Initiative
FTX Digital Markets has announced the launch of a new political action committee (PAC) with a $4 million donation. The platform’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, Ryan Salame, stated that the Federal Actio...
The Eerie Similarities of Today’s Great Monetary Shift and the Panic-Led Creation of the Federal Reserve System – Featured Bitcoin News
While many Americans believe the U.S. Federal Reserve is the caretaker of the country’s monetary system, its also believed to be one of the worst financial institutions ever created. In 2022, amid a g...
Federal Vaccine Mandate On Hold? White House Reportedly Delays Enforcement
Topline The White House Thursday told agencies to delay enacting a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees shortly after the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals removed a lower court’s injunction agai...
Appeals Court Restores Biden’s Federal Employee Vaccine Mandate
Topline The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday removed a lower court injunction that halted President Joe Biden’s nationwide Covid-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, empowering the govern...
US Federal Court Orders Trader to Pay Manipulative Scheme Penalties
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC CFTC The 1974 Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in the United States created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The Commission protects and...
Federal Reserve may purposely force down crypto prices
Bill Dudley, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank in NY and chief economist at Goldman Sachs, believes that “to be effective, [the Federal Reserve] will have to inflict more losses on stock an...
Dow Jones Futures: Federal Reserve Fears Continue To Strain Market Rally; Tesla, Nvidia Make Key Moves
Dow Jones futures fell slightly overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The stock market rally suffered serious losses Wednesday, with hawkish Federal Reserve comments sinking te...
Federal Reserve Hints At Bigger Rate Hikes Ahead, Outlines Plan To Shrink Balance Sheet
Topline With numerous Federal Reserve officials sounding the alarm on inflation, minutes from the central bank’s latest monetary policy meeting released Wednesday hinted at bigger interest rate hikes ...
The federal student loan pause is being extended through August
President Joe Biden will extend the pause on federal student loan payments once again, this time likely through the end of August 2022, several news outlets have reported, citing sources familiar with...
Do I resist refinancing my $160,000 federal student loan at a lower rate in the hope there will be loan forgiveness? What are the chances it will happen?
I graduated from college in 2017 with more than $210,000 in federal student-loan debt thanks to out-of-state tuition, a master’s program, and not fully understanding this cost at that time. I’ve chise...