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US: Wall Street indexes open muted ahead of Fed's interest rate verdict
Wall Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Wednesday (Jun 18), ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision, as the…
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Feds won't free Mahmoud Khalil, challenge judge to order release of Palestinian activist student
Federal officials told a judge Friday they will not release Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student the administration is trying to deport,…
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Trump says feds to keep oversight at Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac as he takes mortgage giants public
President Trump said the federal government will retain its guarantees for and oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even as he seeks a…
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What to know about the Fed’s decision.
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged for a third meeting in a row on Wednesday, as officials stuck to a wait-and-see approach…
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The Fed’s wait-and-see approach keeps tensions simmering with Trump.
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key rate steady on Wednesday, after a series of cuts that lowered rates by a full percentage…
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What the Fed’s Rate Decision Means for Loans, Credit Cards, Mortgages and More
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key rate steady on Wednesday, after a series of cuts that lowered rates by a full percentage…
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Investors still harbour hope of Fed’s Powell giving a rate-cut the thumbs up
THE S&P 500 plunged into a bear market in April, then staged an epic recovery, and now the US Federal Reserve will reveal which was the…
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Feds probing Reagan National go-around flights due to Army helicopter
Federal transportation officials are investigating after a Delta Air Lines flight and Republic Airways flight headed to Ronald Reagan…
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Solid Jobs Report Reinforces Fed’s Patient Approach to Interest Rate Cuts
A solid labor market has for months given the Federal Reserve comfort that it could hold off on interest rate cuts until it had more…
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Feds left billions in tainted pandemic loans in the hands of potential fraudsters
The Small Business Administration forgave $4.6 billion in pandemic loans to people on its naughty list, the agency's inspector general…
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Law students sue over feds requesting personal information from targeted firms
A group of law students represented by a liberal advocacy group sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday, claiming it…
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Fed’s Goolsbee says there’s a lot of anxiety over tariffs
CHICAGO Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee on Monday said businesses are anxious about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs but…
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Fed’s Powell says larger-than-expected tariffs mean higher inflation, slower growth
US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are “larger than expected” and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth…
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Asian markets get ‘breather’ with US Fed’s rate cut pause
The US Federal Reserve’s decision to hold off on interest rate cuts gives Asian markets “a breather” and more room for certainty, said…
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Lower inflation wouldn’t assure rate cuts, Fed’s Lorie Logan says
US FEDERAL Reserve Bank of Dallas president Lorie Logan urged policymakers to remain cautious in the coming months, reiterating lower…
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Gold subdued; investors await US data for cues on Fed’s policy path
GOLD prices were subdued on Thursday (Jan 9) as rising yields and a stronger US dollar weighed, while investors awaited US data for…
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Feds look for links between Cybertruck explosion and New Orleans attack, seek other suspects
Authorities are looking for possible connection between the attack in New Orleans that killed 15 and the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck…
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Asia: Markets mixed as traders digest Fed’s hawkish pivot
EQUITIES fluctuated on Friday (Dec 20) and the US dollar maintained its gains against its peers as investors assessed the fallout from the…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 clocks worst day in more than a month after Fed’s hawkish signal
EUROPEAN stocks fell on Thursday (Dec 19), with the benchmark Stoxx recording its biggest single-day drop since early November as…
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Fed’s hawkish tilt has emerging markets scurrying to save currencies
CENTRAL banks from Brazil to Indonesia scrambled to defend their struggling currencies on Thursday (Dec 19), hours after the Federal…
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S-Reits fall despite US Fed’s 25-basis-point rate cut
SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) were a sea of red on Thursday (Dec 19) afternoon, even after the US Federal…
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S-Reits fall despite Fed’s 25-basis-point rate cut
SINGAPORE-LISTED real estate investment trusts (S-Reits) were a sea of red on Thursday (Dec 19) afternoon, even after the US Federal…
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Ahead of Fed’s final meeting of 2024, all eyes on the gifts that Powell might dole out
LAST Christmas, the US Federal Reserve gave the stock market a change of heart. This year, to save economists from tears, the central bank…
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Feds to Deploy High-Tech System to Track Drone Swarms Over NYC, NJ that Have Raised Concerns Across the United States
Federal authorities are preparing to introduce an advanced drone detection system in New York State as a growing number of unidentified…