The chairman’s news-conference comments fuel clamor that doesn’t inspire confidence in our financial authorities or our economy.
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S&P 500 posts its worst week of the year as trade tensions flare
Stock indexes fell from the get-go following President Trump’s latest escalation in his trade war with China.
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Another View: Ingenuity, flexibility driving record U.S. economic expansion
The 10-year boom is a remarkable achievement for American employers and workers.
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S&P 500 surges to record close on speculation about Fed rate cut
The Dow Jones industrial average comes with a percentage point of its own record.
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Stocks post small losses; investors look ahead to Fed
A choppy week of trading ended with modest losses Friday as investors look forward to getting more clues about the direction of interest rates.
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Commentary: Why the economy isn’t as good as it looks
The positive numbers don’t tell the story of a country where 40 percent of the people say they’d have trouble coping with a $400 emergency.
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Stocks continue volatile swing in year’s first day of trading
The Dow loses 398 points in the first few minutes after shaky economic news from China, then rebounds and closes slightly higher, a trend that some analysts expect to continue.
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Stocks dive again, heading for worst December since Great Depression
Investors are growing worried that global economic growth is cooling and that the U.S. could slip into a recession in the next few years.
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Chinese tech executive’s arrest sends stocks tumbling; Federal Reserve reports lift them back up
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Fed may break from its current approach of steady rate hikes.
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Markets plummet as claims of China trade deal fizzle
Two days after President Trump announces an ‘incredible’ deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the nations offer widely different accounts of what transpired at the G-20 summit, and U.S. markets sink 3 percent.