Fed minutes, early earnings and high bond yields test Wall Street this week
Investors will look for clues about the Fed’s next interest rate move as PepsiCo and Delta Air Lines report results, after Treasury yields hit their highest…
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White House adviser Hassett calls on Powell to give up his Fed board seat
The White House’s top economic aide urged the former Fed chair to step aside days after the central bank’s watchdog faulted management of a $2.4 billion…
OPEC+ keeps November oil output targets unchanged as Iran war limits Gulf supply
Seven core members of the producer group held their quotas steady for a second straight month, with Brent crude above $100 a barrel and G7 nations…
US employers add just 29,000 jobs in September as unemployment rises to 4.2%
Hiring fell well short of forecasts and earlier months were revised lower, reducing the odds that the Federal Reserve raises interest rates again this month.
Trump administration to send $90 Medicare rebates to 20.8 million enrollees
The one-time payments, drawn from a Medicare fund Congress created in 2008, are set to arrive this month, weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
Trump turns up pressure on Sen. Tom Cotton over stalled daylight saving time bill
The president posted what appeared to be the Arkansas Republican’s personal cellphone number as he pressed the Senate to make daylight saving time permanent.
Trump puts intelligence chief Jay Clayton in charge of new ‘Super Intelligence Force’
The new task force, which reports to the president and his chief of staff, will coordinate the federal government’s approach to artificial intelligence.
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A case-by-case guide to the Supreme Court’s new term
The justices open with a Colorado climate lawsuit against two oil companies, with arguments on AR-15 bans, Arizona voting rules and third-country deportations to follow…