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Bad news for the economy is good news for the stock market … as long as it doesn’t get too bad

Friday’s market reaction to the jobs report comes down to a simple premise: bad news is good news, as long…

Here’s what to watch in Friday’s big October jobs report

Apologies if you’ve heard this one before, but the jobs market is slowing down. No, really. Aside from the long-standing…

Fed holds rates steady, upgrades assessment of economic growth

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday again held benchmark interest rates steady amid a backdrop of a growing economy and labor…

Here’s everything to expect from the Fed’s policy announcement Wednesday

The Federal Reserve meeting will most likely conclude Wednesday with the central bank not doing a whole lot of anything…

Powell says inflation is still too high and lower economic growth is likely needed to bring it down

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged recent signs of cooling inflation, but said Thursday that the central bank would be…

Stakes raised for Powell speech Thursday with 10-year yield on cusp of 5%. Here’s what he could say

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to deliver what could be a key policy address, with markets bracing that…

Fed’s Waller says officials can ‘wait, watch and see’ before acting on interest rates

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Wednesday indicated the central bank can afford to hold off on interest rate increases…

Housing industry urges Powell to stop raising interest rates or risk an economic hard landing

Top real estate and banking officials are calling on the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates as the industry…

Bond yields could race through 5% in next couple of weeks, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns

Wall Street forecaster Jim Bianco expects Treasury yields to go a lot higher — and possibly overshoot through 5% in…

Dimon warns that the Fed could still raise interest rates sharply from here

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is warning that interest rates could go up quite a bit further as policymakers face…