The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates three times in 2025, which followed three cuts in 2024. Inflation remains elevated, which would normally prevent further reductions, but the soaring ...

Forbes’ expert contributors say investors may look forward to a less stressful year, depending on inflation, interest rates and other unpredictable factors.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell, with whom Trump has been at odds, will see his term end in May, giving Trump the power to install a ...

When a central bank, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, raises benchmark interest rates, businesses' borrowing costs also rise ...

Wall Street strategists are generally pretty optimistic about the prospects for stocks in 2026. But this sunny outlook is very much dependent on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy maneuverings, as ...

The Australian share market is down on Christmas Eve, despite the value of US stocks, gold and silver climbing to their most ...

Investors had no shortage of excitement in 2025, and another epic year in the stock market looks to be on tap for 2026.

• The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point as expected, lowering borrowing costs for the third time this year. • Wall Street rallied after Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruled out ...

The odds of an interest rate cut are now up to 89.2% with job losses. With the holidays, healthy revenues, and demand for premium travel, airline stocks are just starting to take flight again. After a ...

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was increasing Friday morning, moving in sympathy with the Japanese government bond market after the Bank of Japan hiked its policy interest rate with “a hawkish ...

The S&P 500 saw an increase in value from roughly 17% to 19% in 2025, earning its third consecutive year of double-digit ...