Despite global recession fears, US businesses still strong, study finds
The nationwide index sits at a health 61.2, down slightly from 61.5 in the first quarter of the year, the report found.
Trump rips Fed: 'Who is our bigger enemy,' Powell or China's Xi?
His tweet came shortly after Powell gave a speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Wyoming.
Powell promises Fed will 'act as appropriate' to sustain economic expansion
The central banking conference comes in the wake of a flutter of worrisome economic activity worldwide.
Fed officials push back against second rate cut ahead of Jackson Hole
Traders are currently pricing in about a 93 percent chance of a 25 basis point cut next month.
Movers & Shakers: Aug. 23, 2019
The stories moving the markets and shaking up the world.
Trump applauds Germany's negative yields, slams Fed again
On Wednesday, for the first time ever, the German government sold 30-year bonds at a negative interest rate.
Fed's Powell likely to pave way for second interest rate cut at Jackson Hole
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is slated to speak at the Jackson Hole Symposium on Friday morning.
US economy ‘doing well’ but these headwinds may undo it: Kansas City Fed President
Consumers are ‘leading this economy’, but we see headwinds in business investments and exports, said Esther George.
Stocks struggle on weak manufacturing data, interest rate worries
The minutes from the policymaker's July meeting showed a split over whether to cut rates.
President Trump touts mighty 'King Dollar' as strongest ever, but it's not
President Trump gave the Federal Reserve a bit too much credit on Wednesday after incorrectly asserting the US dollar was the strongest in the country's history.
Fed officials saw rate cut as 'mid-cycle adjustment,' minutes reveal
The U.S. central bank does not see a "preset course" regarding interest rate changes.
What if the US gets zero-percent interest rates
'You will see some stimulus to the US economy but you're going to see maybe a retraction of bank credit,' said Apple Bank for Savings CEO.
Trump slams Fed, calls Chair Powell 'golfer who can't putt'
Trump said the current interest rate is too high and that there is much growth potential for the U.S. economy.
Strong Target, Lowe's results boost stocks
Other sectors giving major equity averages a boost were trade-sensitive technology companies and energy corporations.
Get ready for recession 2020! Leading economist says one is 'highly probable'
Grant Thornton chief economist Diane Swonk fears a recession in 2020 is highly probable because trade wars are "contagious."
Trump urges Fed to lower rates by at least 1%, 'print' more money
Trump, in the first part of the series of tweets, said the economy is “very strong despite the horrendous lack of vision by Jay Powell and the Fed.”
President Trump can’t fire Fed Chair Powell says Yellen
Former Fed Chair Yellen says the president doesn't have the power to fire the current Fed Chair
Recession hysteria? Fed officials temper mounting slowdown fears
Yellen called the inverted yield curve a “less good signal” of a recession on this occasion.
Fed's Bullard says no need to panic about stock gyrations
Despite the stock market’s recent selloff, Bullard sees no need to panic about the U.S. economy.
A big rate cut is almost inevitable as Fed scrambles to catch up: Varney
The downsides of central banks' negative interest rate or low-interest rate policies.