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It’s not just Trump: Bond investors have sway in picking the next Fed chair

So far, no knockout punch from the bond market is imminent. But bond investors have a say in who replaces Powell as Fed chair

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The Fed signals it will cut interest rates in 2026 — and 3% is in sight

The Fed's December minutes showed policymakers divided on the pace of additional rate cuts, but a pause "for some time" is in the offing

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Gold and silver haven't looked this good since 1979

Gold and silver are having their best year since the Bee Gees were topping music charts in the late 1970s

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The Justice Department is using a fraud law to target inclusive hiring

Experts who spoke to the WSJ said it's unusual for the federal government to use an anti-fraud law to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination laws

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Move over, crypto: AI interests are already flexing their muscles in Washington

Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI, and more AI firms are spending millions to influence federal lawmakers

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Sen. Mark Kelly on taxing AI companies that kill jobs, data center revolts, and working with Republicans

Kelly has been especially active in AI policymaking, with a demonstrated interest in harnessing its possible benefits while also addressing risks

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Trump's trade investment funds are in purgatory

Details are scarce and questions abound about the much touted investments, which are supposed to total $1.5 trillion

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Washington always fights about money. Now it's even fighting about what money looks like

The Trump administration is proceeding with its plan to issue a $1 coin next year bearing the president’s likeness. Democrats are aghast

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Trump's gold cards have a top consultant warning clients: 'Don't be the guinea pig'

Nuri Katz of Apex Capital Partners has delivered skeptical advice to foreign investors asking about Trump's new gold card program

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Ray Dalio becomes the latest billionaire to donate cash to 'Trump accounts' for kids

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Dalio will be donating seed money for Connecticut kids

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The Fed's Christopher Waller wants more interest rate cuts — but says 'no rush'

Waller is on Trump's shortlist to be the next Fed chair. He has advocated for lower interest rates as the president nears a final decision

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Nasdaq wants round-the-clock trading as Wall Street gets closer to 24/7

The tech-heavy exchange is pushing to add another trading session for U.S. stocks. Total trading would amount to 23 hours a day, five days a week

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AI is coming for jobs. This Democrat wants universal basic income to soften the blow

Alex Bores is "bullish" on what AI can achieve. He's also the target of a $10 million campaign from a pro-AI group as he runs for Congress

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AI bubble fears are holding back a 'Santa Rally' in stocks, analyst says

Investors' AI fears were renewed last week when Oracle's stock fell by as much as 16% following the release of its earnings report, which showed its...

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Trump's move on Nvidia and China is 'selling out our national security,' Elizabeth Warren says

Trump's decision reversed longstanding restrictions aimed at limiting Beijing’s access to advanced computing hardware

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How Costco could get its tariff money back

With Trump's tariffs potentially on the Supreme Court chopping block, one example from the 1990s holds lessons for how a refund process might work

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Trump unveils a $1 million 'Gold Card' for the ultra-rich to buy U.S. residency

For a $15,000 processing fee and a $1 million “contribution,” foreigners will receive residency “in record time”

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Scott Bessent wants to overhaul a financial regulatory commission created after the 2008 crisis

The Financial Stability Oversight Council has usually been inclined to push new regulations, not ease up on them

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Trump reaches final stages of his Fed chair search: 'I'm looking for somebody that will be honest with interest rates'

Trump zeroes in on a Fed chair who shares his appetite for lower interest rates

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Trump wants kids to own fewer dolls. It's the last thing toymakers want to hear

Even Republicans expressed frustration with Trump's messaging at a moment Americans are unnerved about rising prices

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Top economist Mark Zandi has a new recession warning

If the pace of layoffs accelerates, "it would certainly be a jobs recession," Zandi said in a new interview

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GOP senators are warming up to Kevin Hassett as Trump's next Fed chair

Some investors are keeping a wary eye on Hassett, who hasn't been timid in demanding Trump-style policy changes at the central bank

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Trump expects his Fed pick to cut interest rates right away

It's the latest comment from Trump indicating he's inclined to pick a replacement for Powell that aligns with his views on turbocharging rate cuts

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The Fed could give investors a 'Santa Rally' to end the year

Federal Reserve policymakers are meeting this week to consider a third interest rate cut in a row

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Trump says he's signing an executive order to block states from regulating AI

The order would hand a victory for companies like OpenAI, which has argued that maneuvering through a thicket of differing AI rules is damaging to the...

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Toys are taking a $1 billion tariff hit for Christmas. Toymakers are struggling to keep up

Trump's Made-in-America dream isn't happening for toymakers. Small businesses could be hardest-hit

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Trump wants 'TINY CARS' in the U.S.

Trump expressed interest in Japan's iconic kei cars, a class of super petite autos built for dense cities, following a recent visit to the country

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Netflix's deal to buy Warner Bros. is raising alarms: 'Anti-monopoly nightmare'

The deal is still subject to regulatory approval, and it's likely to set off an antitrust fight. Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined others in criticizing it

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Get ready for an 'off the charts' Fed meeting

The Fed is balancing clashing risks of a weakening labor market and rising prices while the government is catching up on employment and inflation data

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Trump threatens to take a wrecking ball to his own trade pact

The USMCA pact binds the U.S., Mexico and Canada to some tariff-free trade. It's in fresh jeopardy ahead of a 2026 review

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5 tech giants face a 'quid-pro-quo' grilling about Trump's ballroom

Democratic lawmakers want the CEOs of Nvidia, Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon to answer questions about their Trump ballroom donations

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Wall Street wants a piece of 'Trump accounts' for kids

JP Morgan Chase and Robinhood are reportedly vying to handle the accounts for kids — and cultivate new customers once beneficiaries reach adulthood

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The big Republican plan to overhaul AI rules is hitting a wall

A proposed ban on state AI rules is fizzling out again, after blowback from conservatives like Sen. Josh Hawley and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Everything we know about 'Trump accounts' for kids — and 1 critical question still unanswered

The investment accounts will start rolling out mid next year, with some employers pledging to chip in money for their workers' kids

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Trump’s 2025 tariffs to trigger fresh layoffs in 2026

The labor market was dealt another jolt when the ADP report showed private employers shedding 32,000 jobs in November

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Don't bank on the Fed's future clearing up before 2026

Trump said he expected to unveil his pick for the next Fed chair sometime in early 2026

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Elon Musk says AI will help fix America's 'insanely high' national debt

The Tesla CEO has a far more optimistic view of AI's effect on productivity compared to others studying the issue

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What a 6-year-old girl taught me about capitalism

Sometimes children are better at telling it like it is than the adults in the room — even a fictional girl from Argentina

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AI super PACs are gearing up for a 2026 spending war

The brewing AI spending battle carries echoes of the flood of campaign cash from crypto-related interests in the 2024 election

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AI can replace nearly 12% of U.S. workers, according to MIT study

The study simulated over 151 million U.S. workers interacting with AI tools to measure automation potential

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Elon Musk's DOGE is dead — and it barely took a bite out of federal spending

Ten months after DOGE was established, the group serves as an example of the Trump administration falling well short in its pursuit to cut spending

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Trump could name a new Fed chair before Christmas

Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are viewed as the front-runners to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell given their support for slashing interest rates

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U.S. consumer confidence nears all-time low for Trump's second term

Consumers are feeling gloomy as tariffs eat into their pocketbooks and prospects dim in the labor market

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The government shutdown could be over soon. But America's economy isn't done taking the hit

The shutdown will continue wreaking havoc on the economy, as over 700,000 government employees remain furloughed and federal agencies are shuttered

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There's a deal to end the government shutdown. Here’s what that means

The deal would reopen the government, but the shutdown will stretch for several more days as the agreement endures a perilous voyage out of Congress

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'Feels like the Gilded Age': Musk's $1 trillion pay package raises eyebrows in the U.S. Senate

Among many Democrats, Musk's payday stirred anger about a divide that risks cementing wealth and power at the top of American life

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The October jobs report may be gone forever

The Bureau of Labor Statistics can't collect or publish employment data as a record-long government shutdown drags well into a second month

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The economist counting down to America's debt doomsday

Kent Smetters, who runs the Penn Wharton Budget Model, has a forecast for when the economy's breaking point could arrive

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OpenAI walks back remarks about government support for its AI spending spree

Concerns linger about the potential for an AI bubble that could pop and wreak havoc on an economy already demonstrating signs of stalling out

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Jamie Dimon says don't worry about Trump's attacks on the Fed

The JPMorgan Chase CEO has previously spoken out in favor of an independent Fed following the president's blistering attacks

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