The federal funds rate is a benchmark that influences other interest rates throughout the economy. The Federal Reserve ...
Indexes rallied Thursday, with tech stocks leading the Nasdaq to rise 2.5% as investors continued to digest Wednesday's jumbo ...
Do rate cuts with the stock market at or near all-time highs provide bulls additional fuel or do they portend trouble ahead?
Indexes rose Thursday as investors digested Wednesday's jumbo rate cut from the Fed and a fall in weekly jobless claims.
The latest batch of quarterly forecasts from the Federal Reserve showed policy makers have had a change of heart since June ...
Stocks got a brief leg up to an intraday record on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve issued its first rate cut since 2020.
JPMorgan Chase & Co added 1.1%, Bank of America climbed 1.6%, Wells Fargo advanced 1.5% after the big banks lowered their ...
A rate cut makes borrowing cheaper, which can boost company profits and consumer spending, leading to higher stock prices.
Investors’ giddy reaction turned slightly negative to the hotly anticipated Federal Reserve decision to lower interest rates ...
Asian markets have forged higher after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a ...
Stock investors should be concerned about recession and a lower earnings stream. That's where the equity market will struggle. If the Fed is cutting rates and there's no recession, the S&P 500 SPX ...
One of those stocks gaining ground Thursday morning was artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader Nvidia ( NVDA 5.36%). As of 11:40 a.m. ET, Nvidia shares were up by 5.3%. But it wasn't just the Fed ...