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President-elect Donald Trump has announced members of his senior leadership team at the Treasury Department, who’ll work alongside Scott Bessent, his pick for secretary. Ken Kies will…

In his December press conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was embarking on a “new phase” of monetary policymaking. Just what that…

The Federal Reserve lowered its interest rate target three times in 2024.This has many Americans waiting for mortgage rates to fall. But that may not happen…

President-elect Trump’s nominee for chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins, is a known critic of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.In that role, he…

Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty ImagesEuro is expected to hit parity with the dollarEconomists expect the euro to fall to or even below parity with…

It’s fun to contemplate your life — who you will become, where it will take you, what you will do. The flip side of that conversation,…

A punitive tax on payments sent overseas to the families of immigrants would have a cascading set of consequences — all of them bad, write Saema…

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13, 2024.Allison Robbert | Via…

FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 5: A couple watch President Donald Trump’s victory speech from a … [+] TV screen on November 5, 2024. (Photo by…

When you rent rather than own your home, your landlord most likely has insurance on the property. But that insurance won’t cover anything beyond the physical…