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WASHINGTON: A recent US employment report confirmed “signs of fragility” in the labour market, a senior central bank official ...

The Federal Reserve has not approved an interest rate cut since before the Nov. 5 election, but one of its governors said she ...

A top official at the Federal Reserve is saying that this month's stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job ...

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage has fallen to its lowest level in four months, welcome news for prospective homebuyers who have been held back by stubbornly high home financing costs. The ...

Fed Gov. Michelle Bowman is doubling down on her call to cut interest rates, urging the central bank to move faster to protect what she sees as a weakening jobs market.

President Donald Trump reportedly wants the U.S. to sell Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stock in a quest to move mortgage finance ...

The Federal Reserve's vice chair of supervision, Michelle Bowman, on Saturday said recent weak job data underscores her ...

Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels since March because job growth has been surprisingly weak this summer.

From the SEC’s comments on liquid staking to the CFTC spotlighting spot crypto trading on registered exchanges and Trump’s rate cut call, Web3 was busy ...

The Federal Reserve resisted pressure from the White House last week and left its policy rate unchanged. It was the right decision. As Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged, the case for a cut was a bit st ...

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that will give him and his political appointees unprecedented control over ...