Construction on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Markets for the first time in the current cycle now think the Federal Reserve‘s next move will be an interest rate hike. Following a week of surprisingly high inflation readings,…
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran speaks with CNBC during the Invest i America Forum on Oct. 15, 2025. CNBC Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran entered with big ideas about how the central bank should change— radically so, in some cases. As he prepares to step down in the coming days from what will have been…
Cuts of beef are displayed at Handy Market on May 14, 2026 in Burbank, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The recent surge in inflation is likely to get worse over the next several months, according to a survey Friday from the nation’s top economists. Consumer price inflation is projected to hit 6% for the…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, April 23, 2026. Jeenah Moon | Reuters U.S. Treasury yields spiked on Friday following a week of messy inflation data and as traders looked to price interest rate policy under new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh. The yield on the 30-year bond jumped more…
Stephen Miran, Federal Reserve Board of Governors member, during a television interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Nov. 10, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran officially handed in his resignation letter Thursday, saying he will vacate his spot on the central bank board when…
American consumers have been pessimistic for so long that now economists are wondering when — or even if — households will ever feel financially better off. The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, a closely watched bellwether, hit all-time lows in May, according to a preliminary reading released last week. That is just one of…
President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time, kicking off a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the first such meeting in nearly nine years. The president was greeted at the airport by China’s Vice President Han Zheng, a military band, and hundreds of young people waving flags. Trump is scheduled…
It has taken 8½ years, but on Wednesday President Donald Trump finally succeeded in reversing one of the few mistakes he has admitted to making as president. In November 2017, Trump chose Jerome Powell to chair the Federal Reserve, opting for someone he saw as malleable over a charismatic but youthful former Fed governor, Kevin…
Kevin Warsh, nominee for US Federal Reserve Chair, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on his nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on April 21, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images Kevin Warsh was confirmed Wednesday as the next Federal Reserve chair, taking over the central bank at a time when…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield rose on Wednesday as investors digested the implications of hotter-than-expected wholesale prices in April. The yield on the 10-year note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was last up 1 basis…
