As Fed cuts loom, health of US economy could determine markets' path
How stocks, bonds and the dollar perform after the Federal Reserve kicks off its rate-cutting cycle could depend on one factor more than most: the health of the U.S. economy.
Fed Enters Tricky Terrain: Rate Cuts in a Decent Economy
Credit cards, mortgages and savings will be affected when the Federal Reserve makes its expected rate cut. The question this time is how, exactly.
Fed Meeting Highlights Economic News With a Cut in Interest Rates Teed Up
The central bank will almost certainly lower interest rates when it concludes its meeting on Wednesday. But there is still uncertainty over how big the cut will be.
The U.S. dollar is weakening ahead of Fed rate cut. This will determine what happens next.
The U.S. dollar has been sliding in the run-up to a widely expected interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday and, depending on the size of the Fed’s move, it could end up weakening further — or it could be a buying opportunity.
US dollar hits more than one-year low as market eyes aggressive Fed rate cut
The U.S. dollar fell to a more than one-year low versus the yen on Monday, as expectations increased that the Federal Reserve could deliver a supersized cut to interest rates later this week. The Fed had been widely expected to announce at least a 25-basis-point cut to interest rates at the conclusion of its Sept.
Gen Z and millennials are propping up the economy — with help from their parents, 'Oracle of Wall Street' says
Consumers between the ages of 24 and 38 hold the largest discretionary spending power in the US, Meredith Whitney said in an ...
It's The Economy, Stupid
If you recall from the last FOMC meeting, it was a forgone conclusion for a long time in advance of that meeting that rates ...
Nevada’s Struggling Economy Is a Wild Card in the Presidential Race
The state is among a handful that will decide the presidential contest, and workers have felt increased prices at the grocery ...
Youth unemployment could take the shine off India's economy: Javelin Wealth Management
India’s market still presents investing opportunities as valuations remain elevated but not expensive says Polka Mishra, ...
Trump’s con job on the economy | Editorial
A Harris presidency would be better for job growth, too, economists with Goldman Sachs predict: Under Harris, the U.S. would ...
Split attention in battleground states: Voters focus on the economy and local Issues
Readership data from leading local news publications in all seven battleground states tells a different story: while ...
Argentina economy forecast to extend recession in second quarter
Argentina's economy likely shrank 1.4% in the second quarter versus a year earlier, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, the ...
Charting the Global Economy: Deflation Concerns Mount in China
Deflation stalking China since last year is now showing signs of spiraling, threatening to worsen the outlook for the world’s ...
Slower inflation is boosting Americans’ attitudes toward the economy
Americans are feeling a greater sense of optimism about the US economy this month, thanks to slower inflation. Voters also ...
China’s economy softens in August as Beijing continues to grapple with lagging demand
China’s economy softened in August, extending a slowdown in industrial activity and real estate prices as Beijing faces ...
China's economy is going through a 'slow, painful, grinding adjustment,' analyst says
Beijing's economic outlook for the second half of the year is now "flashing red, or pretty close to red," said Eswar Prasad, ...