Another pause in interest rate cuts is seen at the March meeting, but central bankers are in a tricky position.

Higher tariffs would unambiguously reduce real gross domestic product and would likely push inflation up, though the size of ...

When the FOMC meets next week, members will have more to consider than inflation rate targets and the job situation. See why ...

UPS has underperformed the S&P 500 since 2023, coming off an unsustainable COVID-supported valuation, with subpar business ...

Investors don't think the wild swings in markets are over as uncertainty around President Trump's policies remains.

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are picking apart federal spending, trying to find areas of waste. Here’s a look at where all the money goes. The charts below are based on ...

A man walks to the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero) ...

Current estimates suggest that both professional forecasters and investors expect the Federal Reserve to respond strongly and systematically to changes in economic conditions. The current perceived ...

Shakeups of the federal bureaucracy seem to have affected an office vital to Sarasota County’s hurricane recovery. Local officials are relying on the U.S. government's Community Development ...

Elon Musk is keen on auditing the Federal Reserve, the independent agency that makes critical decisions on interest rates that reverberate throughout the US economy. Musk, the world’s richest ...

The Federal Reserve sets the federal funds target rate, also known as the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select ...

Elon Musk on Thursday offered hints about the work to come, including auditing the Federal Reserve, as his Department of Government Efficiency bulldozes through federal agencies in its effort to ...