Getty Images TL;DR The Fed has raised the base interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, a move that was widely expected by analysts Oil companies announced their largest profits ever in 2022, raking i...
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Fed Raises Rates Another 25 Basis Points—Signals More Hikes Still To Come
Topline The Federal Reserve slowed the pace of its interest rate hikes on Wednesday, but signaled additional rate increases this year will likely be necessary in order to cool inflation that remains e...
The Fed Is Poised To Hike Interest Rates Again. Is It Enough To Keep Away A Recession?
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Getty Images Key takeaways The Fed is expected to introduce a 0.25% interest rate hike today, bringing the target up to 4.75% Inflation is already showing signs of...
What To Expect From The Fed’s February Meeting
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve will once again announce the Fed Funds rate on … [+] Feburary 1, 2023. A 0.25 percentage-point hike is expected. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomber...
Another Rate Hike Could Be Coming Soon And Inflation Starts To Dip
Getty Images TL;DR Inflation has gone down for the first time since April 2020—at -0.1%, it’s not exactly a massive drop, but its progress The Fed is now expected to hike interest rates by 0.25 percen...
When The Gold Dust Settled
UNITED STATES – APRIL 23: Gold dust on the scales, Klondike, Alaskan gold rush, Alaska, United … [+] States of America. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) De Agostini via Getty Images With...
Fed Hikes Rates A Little More And No Santa Rally So Far As Markets Remain Down
Getty Images TL;DR The Fed has hiked rates again this month, though the 0.50 percentage point increase slowdown from the 0.75 percentage point increases we’ve seen at the past four meetings The annual...
Inflation Hits Nearly One-Year Low—But These Prices Are Still Rising The Most
Topline Inflation grew at the slowest pace since December last month in a promising sign for consumers, but economists warn it still may be too early for investors to get overly eager about stubbornly...
Markets See A Smaller Fed Hike Coming In December
The Federal Reserve will set interest rates on December 14, here’s what to expect. Photographer: … [+] Michael Nagle/Bloomberg © 2022 Bloomberg Finance LP The Fed’s December meeting should...
What The Fed’s November Rate Hike Means For Investors
Getty Images Key takeaways The U.S. central bank is preparing to release November’s Fed rate hike decision by Wednesday Investors and economists widely expect the Fed to hike interest rates by 0.75% i...
How The Fed’s Monetary Policy Has Raised Inflation For Some Americans
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news … [+] conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 29, 2020 in Washing...
Stock Market Gloom ‘Worse Than Ever’ As Fed Signals It May Keep Tightening Until Recession
Topline Fed officials on Thursday reiterated calls for aggressive policy to combat stubbornly high inflation—fueling expectations for bigger rate hikes amid a stock-market selloff that’s seen major in...
Economy Shrank 0.6% Last Quarter, Final GDP Shows
Topline The U.S. economy shrank for a second quarter in a row this year, a third and final estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis confirmed Thursday—once again signaling the start of a technica...
What The Fed’s Rate Hike Will Mean For Holiday Shopping
Walmart announced that it will offer thousands more Rollbacks this holiday shopping period on the … [+] hottest categories including toys, home, electronics and beauty. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/...
Here’s The Schedule For The Remaining Fed Decisions Of 2022, And What The Market Expects
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, arrives to speak during a news conference … [+] following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, D.C., US, on Wednesday,...
Fed Raises Rates Another 75 Basis Points—Pushing Borrowing Costs To Highest Level Since Great Recession
Topline The Federal Reserve on Wednesday doubled down on its most aggressive economic tightening campaign in three decades, raising interest rates by another three-fourths of a percentage point and pu...
Dow Falls 400 Points As Fed Readies Another Interest Rate Hike—Fueling Extreme Investor Bearishness
Topline Stocks fell in early trading Tuesday as Federal Reserve officials kicked off their long-awaited policy meeting, which is expected to conclude on Wednesday with the third consecutive 75-basis-p...
Stocks Struggle As Markets Brace For Another ‘Unusually Large’ Fed Rate Hike
Topline Fresh off the market’s worst week since June, stocks on Monday struggled to overcome losses as investors anxiously await the Federal Reserve’s looming interest rate hike this week—...
How To Fix Inflation (Beyond Just Raising Interest Rates)
| Getty Images Key Takeaways One of the main tools The Fed uses to fix inflation is raising interest rates. This is an example of monetary policy. The government can introduce fiscal policies to reduc...
Fake Inflation Report Circulates, Sending Stocks Spiraling
NORTH MIAMI – FEBRUARY 20: Evelyn Bonilla shops for groceries at Lorenzo’s Supermarket as a new … [+] government report showed that consumer prices rose last month Februrary 20, 2008...
Don’t Fight The Fed: Sell These Stocks Now
Funny man is getting punch in face with fist. getty In bull markets, we buy the dips. In bear markets, we sell the rips. Starting in spring 2020 and through 2021, we dividend investors stayed in “buy ...
Fed Double Hike Could Come Within Weeks
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, during the National Association of Business … [+] Economics (NABE) economic policy conference in Washington, D.C, U.S., on Monday, March 21, ...
Crunch Time for The Markets
Getty Images getty In the 94-year history of the S&P 500, there have been 99 corrections (not including this current episode) of 10% or more. So, usually about once a year, allocators must decide ...
The Fed Is As Much In The Dark As The Rest Of Us
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has no surefire playbook at his disposal (Photo by ANDREW … [+] CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) AFP via Getty Images “The Fed Is About To Make A Massive Policy E...
Small Data Sample Shows Big Potential
Piggy bank with golden coins and gold ingots, 3D rendering getty In my most recent article “A return to regular order” (A Return To Regular Order? (forbes.com), I outlined how, given our current macro...
The Fed Will Drive The Economy Into A Ditch If It Is Wrong About Inflation
Shipping containers stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Getty Images Inflation is hitting very high numbers – CPI, for example, is at its highest level since 1982. B...