Indexes rose Thursday as investors digested Wednesday's jumbo rate cut from the Fed and a fall in weekly jobless claims.
In the aftermath, economists and traders moved to adjust their forecasts and wagers to account for the Fed’s new narrative.
The S&P 500 had already been climbing as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by half a percentage point. Thursday’s gain put the index in range of a closing ...
The dollar bounced, long-dated bond yields were up and Asian stocks rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a ...
Asset prices soared as investors took Powell at his word that the outsized rate cut wasn’t in response to a substantial economic weakening.
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On Wednesday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the central bank would begin cutting Fed interest rates, starting with a ...
The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses.
It might tempt the European Central Bank to consider lowering rates again next month, for a third time since June.
From an investor perspective, the gains in the S&P 500 may or may not be over. On average, returns following the first rate ...
"Everybody's happy" about the Federal Reserve's rate cut – at least in real estate – potentially opening the floodgates to ...
Reaction from Trump world shows the fight is now over who gets credit for what looks like a soft economic landing: "Why ...