Investor optimism that the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates is breathing new life into the market for junk debt, providing timely relief to the lowest-rated companies and likely capping the rate of defaults in 2024. As the U.S. central bank started to raise rates in 2022 and worries about defaults grew, companies rated … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell risks clearing the way for Donald Trump to win the presidency in 2024 if he doesn’t immediately start cutting interest rates, a top progressive lawmaker claimed Wednesday. Ro Khanna, an outspoken California Democrat who has repeatedly blasted Powell over the Fed’s handling of inflation, once again took aim at the … Read more
Inflation is dropping. When will the Fed reach its goal? – CBS News Watch CBS News The Federal Reserve’s actions appear to be cooling inflation in the U.S. economy. Bartie Scott, a senior economy editor at Business Insider, joins CBS News with a look at the goals the government has set. Be the first to … Read more
For a third straight time, the U.S. Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, as it signalled its expectations to make a series of quarter-point cuts to the benchmark interest rate next year. Those envisioned rate cuts — which wouldn’t likely begin until the second half of 2024 — suggest officials think high borrowing rates … Read more
The cryptocurrency markets were trading in the red on Monday. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 2.62% to $27,706, whereas Ethereum (ETH) was below the $1,800 level. BTC volume stood at approximately $13.60 billion, rising 28.72% in the last 24 hours. “Bitcoin has traded below the US$28,000 zone in the past 24 hours as investors await fresh productivity … Read more
