Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Chris Gallant, CFA, is a senior manager of interest rate risk for ATB Financial with 10 years of experience in the financial markets. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or ...

As expected, the FOMC delivered a third straight 25bp cut at the conclusion of this year’s final policy meeting, lowering the target range for the fed funds rate to 3.50% - 3.75%, bang in line with ...

The outcome of the FOMC meeting is the main focus today. With the market discounting at least two cuts next year compared with the median projection in September that one cut would be appropriate, it ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed to have "just heard" that all four of former President Joe Biden's appointments to the Federal Reserve were approved by "autopen," ... With no economist in a ...

How is the global economy doing? The global aggregate of the sentix indices rose by 2.3 points to 10.4 points, its highest level since June 2024. This improvement is driven by Eastern Europe, Latin ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to push through another quarter-point interest-rate cut this week despite growing unease among fellow policymakers that inflation remains too high. The ...

The words ‘trade’, ‘Trump’ and ‘turbulence’ pretty accurately sum up how the US economy has evolved over the course of the last year, though by and large the private sector has succeeded in ‘muddling ...

Factory orders in the United States rose 0.2% in September from the previous month to $612.6 billion, a new report from the Census Bureau said on Thursday. New orders for manufactured durable goods ...

The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States. Supported by The transformation of Phoenix into a ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to raise interest rates in December with the government expected to tolerate such a decision, three government sources familiar with the deliberations said. The BOJ looks ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell framed the move as a "risk management" action, citing emerging signs of weakness in the U.S. labor market, despite the unemployment rate standing at a relatively healthy 4.3% ...