Election 2020

Last week, new Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran defended his lone dissent in favor of faster, deeper interest rate cuts. Chair Jerome Powell avoided weighing in on White House policy, but flagged a tricky balance: upside risks to inflation and downside risks to employment at the same time– leaving little room for error and reinforcing a cautious path to…

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual Economic Policy Symposium bills itself as a "venue for international central bankers, Federal Reserve officials, other policymakers and academics to discuss issues of mutual concern." And that's especially true at this particularly delicate time for both the economy and the independence of the Federal…

They and a third suspect, Gurtej Singh, have been accused of burning a Butte County farmhouse they shared ownership of and defrauding the company that insured the property, allegedly profiting about $200,000 in what prosecutors have called a“ conspiracy ring.”. All three suspects first appeared Monday in Butte Superior Court, where each of their bail amounts…

BY BILL DUDLEY Don't expect the Federal Reserve to rescue the US economy from the epic tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on imports from most of the world. People will cut back on spending as they adjust to what amounts to a tax hike of $600 billion or more. This will happen even if Congress offsets the tariffs with tax cuts elsewhere- because there will…

Baltimore, Maryland- After a one-week trial, a federal jury found Nichelle Henson, age 38, of Baltimore, Maryland, guilty of making false statements and for bank fraud in connection with fraudulent applications Henson filed to obtain Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Paycheck Protection Program loans in the names of multiple purported businesses that she…

The stock market seems to be taking uncertainty in stride. Neither economic concerns over the impact of tariffs nor the political concerns have so far dented enthusiasm for American stocks. Chicken money belongs in FDIC- insured banks, in money market deposit accounts orCDswith maturities of less than two years.

WASHINGTON- The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Thursday by a quarter-point in response to the steady decline in the oncehigh inflation that had angered Americans and helped drive Donald Trump's presidential election victory this week. The Fed had kept its rate that high for more than a year to fight the worst inflation streak in four decades.