Tag: Jerome Powell

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and members of the Federal Open Markets Committee voted Wednesday to raise the benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points. WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Federal ...

Traders work on the floor of the NYSE before the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City on August 19. Stocks fell ...

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting on Tuesday at which Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to announce the tapering of the Fed's bond-buying program, which was ...

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held steady on its benchmark lending rate, leaving it near zero and warning that an increase could be coming as the economy ...

Debt is often compared to being a double-edged sword. Countries can borrow money to stimulate growth and large internal projects, affording their citizens a better economy to accumulate wealth and ...