Whereas last week saw the bond market continue selling off without overt provocation, the first two days of the present week have seen far more equanimity and even resilience. Today's example involved ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Weinstein covers topics ranging from the Fed to the cost of college. Sep 17, 2025, 10:48pm EDT At its September 17th meeting the ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this past week by a quarter of a percentage point. But where rates go from here is a coin toss, at best, given that Fed members’ latest forecasts diverge widely.

It’s a near certainty among economists and investors that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates for a third straight time on Wednesday, but what happens in 2025 remains a relative mystery.

On the eve of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, traders, economists and central-bank watchers across Wall Street are fixated on a single, perplexing question: Will the median of 19 policymakers ...

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Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded its meeting exactly as market watchers had expected: by keeping interest rates ...

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Investors worried about the risks of a dot-com-style crash for Big Tech stocks in 2026 could usefully look twice, or even thrice, at the idea of adding some small-cap value stocks to their portfolio ...