Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh concludes a news conference after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 17, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates unchanged at its upcoming July meeting — as higher energy prices and renewed tensions with Iran have complicated the picture for…
It was a tough week for stocks, as investors navigated everything from escalating tensions in the Middle East to key tech earnings reports to healthcare developments. Logging their second straight weekly losses, the S & P 500 slipped 0.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 2.1%. Here’s a closer look at what drove the trading action….
Precious metals have rallied in recent days after a sustained period of selling pressure, but analysts say gold and silver prices could face a difficult path back to all-time highs achieved earlier this year. Spot silver traded at $59.47 an ounce in early trading on Wednesday (6:33 a.m. ET), up by around 6.3% from $55.9/oz…
The AI trade dominated the market once again this week, upstaging an impressive start to the second-quarter earnings season. Cooler-than-expected June reports on consumer and producer prices offered encouraging signs that inflation continued to ease, while earnings from the nation’s largest banks reinforced the strength of capital markets. At the same time, investors kept one…
Lorie Logan, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, during a research conference at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in Dallas, Texas, US, on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. Desiree Rios | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan, asserting that this week’s good inflation news wasn’t…
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testified Wednesday before the Senate Banking Committee, facing questions over the the economy and how various factors might impact interest rates. Part of congressionally mandated Capitol Hill appearances for the central bank leader, Warsh spoke Tuesday to the House Financial Services Committee. During his remarks, he reaffirmed the Fed’s commitment…
Higher-for-longer interest rates were once heralded as an attractive yield driver for private credit investors, but industry professionals say tighter monetary policy is becoming the sector’s next major stress point. Global central banks are grappling with renewed inflation pressures, following the energy squeeze caused by the Middle East war, which is raising the prospect of…
Christopher Waller, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Federal Reserve’s Payments Innovation Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Monday expressed concern about inflation but cautioned against “fighting the last war,” saying the central bank should wait…
NEW DELHI, INDIA – JULY 9: People are seen crossing a waterlogged road after the heavy rainfall at Gazipur Sabzi Mandi on July 9, 2026 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India’s consumer price inflation rose to 4.38% in June,…
Wall Street’s record-setting start to the week ran into two familiar sources of volatility: the artificial intelligence trade and oil. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday closed above 53,000 for the first time ever before renewed U.S.-Iran tensions erased those gains, leaving the blue-chip index down 0.5% for the week. Chip stocks — once…
