Ex-Fed Chair Yellen: The Recession Indicator In The Bond Market Could Mean A Rate Cut Not A Downturn
Yellen discusses the yield curve inversion, which sent stocks tumbling on Friday. Read more
Fed's Charles Evans Says US Economy Is Slowing But Downplays Recession
Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans says the U.S. economy has slowed but downplayed chances of a recession. Read more
Trump Says GDP Would Have Topped 4% If Fed Had Halted Rate Hikes Sooner
U.S. economic growth would be much stronger had the Fed stopped raising rates sooner, President Donald Trump said in an ... Read more
Boeing's 737 Max Could Single-handedly Hit US GDP If Production Is Halted, JP Morgan Says
A production halt of Boeing's 737 Max jets could be felt well beyond the aerospace giant's quarterly profits, according ... Read more
The Bond Market Is Flashing Its Biggest Recession Sign Since Before The Financial Crisis
The three-month bond yield eclipsed the 10-year note Friday morning, a traditionally strong sign that a downturn is loom... Read more
US Weekly Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected
The jobless claims report pointed to still strong labor market conditions, though the pace of job growth has slowed afte... Read more
Mortgage Rates Just Tanked Thanks To The Fed – And They Could Go Even Lower
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed rate mortgage, which had been sitting for days at 4.40 percent, fell sharp... Read more
Trump Finally Got His Wish From The Fed, But Not For The Reasons He Wanted
The Fed took a pause on interest rate hikes, which would seem to satisfy President Donald Trump if not for the reasons t... Read more
Fed Chair Powell Says Chinese And European Economies Have Slowed 'substantially'
Weakening Chinese and European economies are acting as a deterrent to U.S. growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powel... Read more
Market Sees Nearly 50% Chance Of A Fed Rate Cut By The End Of January 2020
The fed funds futures market is assigning a 47.8 percent probability of at least one rate cut by Jan. 29. Read more
Fed Gives Market What It Wanted — It's Ending Its Balance Sheet Reduction In September
The Fed's program to reduce the bonds it holds on its balance sheet will end in six months, a move scrutinized by financ... Read more
Fed Now Sees No Rate Hikes In 2019
The Federal Open Market Committee released its quarterly economic forecast, which includes the so-called dot plot of whe... Read more
Fed Holds Line On Rates, Says No More Hikes Ahead This Year
In a unanimous move, the central bank's policymaking committee took a sharp dovish turn from policy projections just thr... Read more
More Than Free Money: How Long-shot 2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Would Reshape The US Economy
Long-shot Democratic candidate Andrew Yang has proposed a $1,000 monthly stipend to Americans 18 and older, but he's loo... Read more
The Market Could Be Setting Itself Up For A Letdown From Wednesday's Fed Decision
Should the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee not deliver on market expectations, the result may not be pretty. Read more