Interest Rates

U.S. stocks benchmarks was climbing but off its highs off the session Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve, as expected didn’t take any action for this meeting, keeping benchmark rates at a range between 0% and 0.25%,…

Federal Reserve officials earlier this month agreed that smaller interest rate increases should happen soon as they evaluate the impact policy is having on the economy, meeting minutes released Wednesday indicated.Reflecting statements…

U.S. equity futures nudged higher Tuesday, while the dollar retreated from its recent ten-day highs and Treasury bond yields retreated, as investors crept back into risk markets amid some dovish commentary on rates from Federal Reserve…

Moonshot stocks are coming back to Earth.As the Federal Reserve moves closer to raising interest rates, investors are repricing their bets on one of the riskiest corners of the market: shares of companies that don’t make money.…

The tricky part for Chair Jerome Powell will be convincing investors that this isn’t a dovish pivot and that officials won’t prematurely end their assault against inflation that’s running three times higher than their 2% goal.…

Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman said the Federal Reserve needs to deliver old-fashioned “shock and awe” to financial markets by delivering a much larger onetime increase to benchmark interest rates to…

U.S. home sales surged to a 15-year high in 2021, powered by low borrowing rates and an intense buyer demand that are expected to keep the market hot during the first months of 2022.But the recent rapid rise in interest rates has some…

The stock market's rally after October's inflation report will be tested in the week ahead, as investors watch some major retailers' earnings and a flurry of Federal Reserve speakers. But the main event is the market itself and whether…

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U.S. stocks traded higher as economic growth data came in stronger than expected, and investors parsed more earnings from major companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 571 points, or 1.7%. The S&P 500 added 1.7% and the…