Economy

    Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series at Stanford University on December 01, 2025 in Stanford, California.

    The Fed delivers a rare ‘hawkish cut’ as Powell tries to steady a softening job market

    The Fed is clearly deeply divided. Three officials dissented, two in opposite directions.

    By
    December 10, 2025

    Latest Stories

    More Economy

    Page 2 of 100

    Gen Z
    Economy

    America, meet your alienated youth: ‘Gold standard’ Harvard survey reveals Gen Z’s anxiety and distrust, defined by economic insecurity

    By
    December 4, 2025
    The outside of a Dollar General store, at night
    Retail

    Dollar Tree says the majority of its new customers earn at least $100,000 a year

    By
    December 4, 2025
    Zohran Mamdani, in front of a brick building, smiles as he holds a press conference.
    Real Estate

    ‘There is no Mamdani effect’: Manhattan luxury home sales surge after mayoral election, undercutting predictions of doom and escape to Florida

    By
    December 4, 2025
    Hassett, Bessent
    Economy

    Tariffs and the $38 trillion national debt: Kevin Hassett sees ’big reductions’ in deficit while Scott Bessent sees a ‘shrinking ice cube’

    By
    December 4, 2025
    Hassett
    Banking

    Market doubts Hassett can deliver at Fed, PGIM’s Peters says

    By Ruth Carson and Bloomberg
    December 4, 2025
    Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.
    Economy

    For Wall Street, pandemic-level bad news for jobs is good news for stocks—it pushes the Fed further into cutting territory

    By
    December 4, 2025
    Traders Michael Urkonis, left, and Fred Demarco work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025.
    Investing

    Wall Street drifts while Dollar General and Spam sales jump in a market hungry for affordability

    By Stan Choe and The Associated Press
    December 4, 2025
    Factory worker on assembly line.
    Success

    Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want

    By
    December 4, 2025
    Donald Trump
    Politics

    ‘There’s this fake narrative that the Democrats talk about, affordability’: Trump keeps dismissing cost of living as his party struggles to hold seats

    By Meg Kinnard, Joey Cappelletti and The Associated Press
    December 4, 2025
    Jerome Powell
    Commentary

    Fed officials like the mystique of being seen as financial technocrats, but it’s time to demystify the central bank

    By
    December 4, 2025
    Bastian
    Politics

    Delta took $200 million hit from longest government shutdown in history, filings reveal

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
    December 4, 2025
    President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025.
    Economy

    Two months into the new fiscal year and the U.S. government is already spending more than $10 billion a week servicing national debt

    By
    December 4, 2025
    Greg Abbott and Sundar Pichai sit next to each other at a red table.
    AI

    Bank of America predicts an ‘air pocket,’ not an AI bubble, fueled by mountains of debt piling up from the data center rush

    By
    December 3, 2025
    Bessent
    Economy

    Scott Bessent calls the Giving Pledge well-intentioned but ‘very amorphous,’ growing from ‘a panic among the billionaire class’

    By
    December 3, 2025
    Scott Bessent
    Economy

    Scott Bessent is defiant on whether tariffs are a tax, demands Democrats work to cut actual taxes instead

    By
    December 3, 2025
    President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
    Economy

    Trump says national debt is ‘peanuts’ and his tariff income will pay everyone a $2,000 dividend too—but the math doesn’t add up

    By
    December 3, 2025
    Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell
    Economy

    Trump’s pick for chairman isn’t enough to threaten Fed independence, says Bank of America—especially if Jerome Powell decides to stick around

    By
    December 3, 2025
    Elon Musk, standing with his arms crossed, looks down at Donald Trump sitting at his desk in the Oval Office
    Economy

    Elon Musk says he warned Trump against tariffs, which U.S. manufacturers blame for a turn to more offshoring and diminishing American factory jobs

    By
    December 2, 2025
    layoffs
    Economy

    What CEOs say about AI and what they mean about layoffs and job cuts: Goldman Sachs peels the onion

    By
    December 2, 2025
    Trump
    Commentary

    The trade war was never going to fix our deficit

    By
    December 2, 2025
    Michael Dell talks candidly about his $6.25 billion donation to fund Invest America accounts for 25 million American children
    Economy

    Michael Dell talks candidly about his $6.25 billion donation to fund Invest America accounts for 25 million American children

    By
    December 2, 2025
    Mohamed Aly El-Erian
    Economy

    ‘This Fed went to sleep,’ says top economist Mohamed El-Erian, who wants to see the central bank reformed and presidents to ‘cool it’

    By
    December 2, 2025
    More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
    AI

    More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’

    By
    December 2, 2025
    Extended holiday sales, effectively Black November, is ‘confusing’ for customers and dilutes shopping ‘sparkle’ of Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays past
    Retail

    Extended holiday sales, effectively Black November, is ‘confusing’ for customers and dilutes shopping ‘sparkle’ of Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays past

    By Kristina Monllos and Marketing Brew
    December 1, 2025
    members of the media outside the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Hassett said that Chinese actions on trade in the last few weeks have been "unacceptable," but there has been "sort of a thawing" in US-China relations in recent days as conversations
    Economy

    Who is Kevin Hassett? The rumored Fed pick says inflation is ‘way down,’ sees ‘political bias’ in jobs data, and suggested firing Powell over a renovation

    By
    December 1, 2025
    Queens
    Law

    New York City backs casinos in Queens and the Bronx that would benefit billionaire Steve Cohen and maybe even Donald Trump

    By Philip Marcelo and The Associated Press
    December 1, 2025
    Donald Trump
    Economy

    The tariffs are raising $100 billion less than Trump expected. Pantheon Macro sees 3 reasons why, starting with China

    By
    December 1, 2025
    President Donald Trump walks out with Federal Reserve board member Jerome Powell
    Economy

    Trump says he has a name to replace Powell—so Wall Street may need to contend with a ‘shadow Fed chair’ for the next half year

    By
    December 1, 2025
    dollars
    Economy

    The K-shaped economy means inflation hurts at the bottom and swells the assets at the top

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
    December 1, 2025
    Cyber Monday
    Retail

    Adobe sees Americans spending $14.2 billion online during Cyber Monday, last call for holiday shopping binge

    By Wyatte Grantham-Philips and The Associated Press
    December 1, 2025

    Most Popular