Lenders have let borrowers pay interest with more debt to conserve cash. Like any financial maneuver, the short-term solution can’t weather a prolonged high-interest environment.
Buried in a rote US Treasury survey released on the eve of the latest holiday weekend was a question that all of Wall Street wants the answer to: What’s the Federal Reserve’s plan once it’s done drawing down its crisis-era bond holdings?
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) advanced 23% last year as investors cheered economic resilience and potential productivity gains from artificial intelligence. Admittedly, the index faltered in December as bond yields soared and the Federal Reserve signaled fewer interest rate cuts than anticipated in 2025.
The Federal Reserve opted to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged in its first policy meeting since President Trump's inauguration.
The Federal Reserve is nearly certain to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its policy meeting this week, just a few days after President Donald Trump said he would soon demand lower rates
The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of recovery as anticipation builds around the Federal Reserve’s upcoming rate decision.
On a weekly basis, Wall Street’s main indexes are set for their second straight week of advances, with the blue-chip Dow on track for its biggest weekly jump since October 2022.
U.S. stocks slipped after the Federal Reserve held its main interest rate steady and broke a run of cuts that began in September
Meta Platforms and most other U.S. stocks are rising Thursday following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies, but drops for Nvidia and Microsoft are keeping the market in check.
U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Wednesday, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates and after two days of disruption driven by doubts about the artificial-intelligence boom.
Nvidia and other U.S. tech stocks are holding steadier Tuesday, a day after tumbling on doubts about whether the artificial-intelligence frenzy really needs all the dollars being poured into it.