The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

With the Federal Reserve moving away from its prior efforts to tighten money supply, the measure theoretically provides relief for many economic entities. Under basic economic principles, reduced costs of borrowing encourage capital expenditures, investments and other growth-centered activities. However, one of the more obvious beneficiaries is the housing market.

"As the focus among businesses now turns to efficiencies and increasing productivity, we expect layoffs to increase, causing unemployment to rise."

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.03%. The dollar was under pressure Monday on optimism that the US government shutdown is nearing an end after a group of Senate Democrats broke with the rest of their party to vote with Republicans to advance a bill to reopen...

We've heard the labor market is in a "low-hire, low-fire" kind of environment. The "low hire" part seems to be true, the other not so much.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up slightly by +0.07%. The dollar recovered early losses today and turned higher after St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem said he expects the US economy to bounce back next quarter and there’s limited room for additional Fed rate cuts. Also, higher T-note...

December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are up +0.92%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are up +1.39% this morning as optimism that lawmakers are nearing a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history boosted sentiment.

Economist Peter Schiff issued a stark warning against President Donald Trump‘s proposal for a “$2,000-per-person tariff dividend,” arguing the plan is economically self-defeating and would “defeat the very purpose of the tariffs.”

U.S. stock futures rose on Monday after Friday’s mixed close. Futures of major benchmark indices were higher.

Asian shares have advanced, lifted by technology shares as they rebounded from last week's losses