Goodbye to these bills: Walmart announces that it will not accept these dollars in February 2025
Certain dollar bills will not be accepted at retailers like Walmart, nor will banks. Here’s how to know if you have one and ...
Musk is at DOL. Here’s why that may matter for inflation
A diminishment of the bureau’s effectiveness would have real – and lasting — consequences on the ability of Fed officials to adjust rates to tame inflation or preserve the labor market. The longer it ...
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Secretary Bessent’s Pocket
America’s store of gold seems to be burning a hole in the pocket of our new Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent. That’s the ...
Trump readies matching tariffs on trade partners, possibly setting up a major economic showdown
President Donald Trump could sign an order as soon as Wednesday to require that U.S. tariffs on imports match the tax rates ...
Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building
The Trump administration has directed the CFPB to cease most operations, raising concerns about consumer protection in the ...
How tariffs could impact the housing market
Mortgage rates could go up because of a trade war between the United States and Canada, Mexico and China, according to real ...
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On CBN reforms to attract global investors
By BAMIDELE MICHAEL The Central Bank of Nigeria’s economic reforms have continued to enhance Nigeria’s position as an attractive investment destination. The economy has already attracted higher ...
‘We’re about to get annihilated’: Musk, DOGE descend on consumer bureau
The Trump administration is moving rapidly to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), halting the agency’s work, ...
Fed chair says bank accounts ‘safe’ despite Trump’s teardown of consumer protection agency
The odds of further interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve dwindled last week as unemployment fell and more ...
PPI points to marginally cooler reading for Fed’s favored inflation gauge, helping pull down Treasury yields
A hotter-than-expected January producer-price index following Wednesday's too-warm-for-comfort consumer price index won't dispel jitters over sticky inflation. But investors appeared to be taking ...
Hopes for more Fed rate cuts dim as Powell notes hot CPI means ‘we're not quite there yet'
A Fed interest rate cut won’t be coming until at least September, if at all this year, following a troubling inflation report ...
Federal Reserve Chair Gives Update on US Bank Accounts Amid Trump's Orders
Jerome Powell was quickly thrust into the partisan turmoil surrounding Trump's executive orders and the efforts of Elon Musk.