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The January jobs report, due out Friday, will highlight next week’s economic calendar. Analysts are forecasting another strong month of job creation but much of the focus will be on wage growth. → Read More
As the population of the metro New York/New Jersey area has multiplied during the past century, a linchpin of the region’s commuter rail transportation system has remained unchanged. → Read More
Since no rate hike is expected, investors will instead be looking for the Fed to backtrack somewhat on its optimistic forecasts for 2016. → Read More
Among all the age groups surveyed, millennials expressed the most concern about how higher borrowing costs would affect their wallets and the least concern over whether higher rates would hurt the broader economy. → Read More
The rout in U.S. stock markets deepened Wednesday and the only thing for certain is that it could get a lot uglier. → Read More
A key report on inflation, a couple of pieces of housing data and earnings reports from an array of bellwether companies highlight next week’s economic calendar. → Read More
Views diverge on whether another recession is right around the corner, with the split between professional market participants who are getting nervous and average consumers who aren’t. → Read More
The three candidates participating in the FOX Business Network’s early Republican presidential debate painted a far darker picture of the U.S. economy than President Obama did earlier this week. → Read More
Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $15 million to settle allegations the investment bank violated federal regulations that dictate how brokers can arrange stock short sales for clients. → Read More
President Obama in his final State of the Union address said Americans are living in a time of “extraordinary change,” one that presents tremendous opportunities but also poses grave threats. → Read More
If you’re thinking about selling all your shares and mutual funds and burying the cash in a fruit jar in the backyard, don’t. → Read More
Monday's selloff may be a sign of a larger issue for U.S. stock markets: investors are coming around to the reality that years of stock market gains fueled largely by the Fed’s easy money policies are over. → Read More
There are certain, common sense steps investors can take to help prevent against investment fraud in the new year. → Read More
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised short-term interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, an historic decision that marks the final break from an era of unprecedented stimulus programs initiated in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The move had been widely anticipated. → Read More
If, as is widely assumed, the Fed approves the first interest rate hike in nearly a decade this week, all the focus will move instantly away from the timing of the initial hike and toward the trajectory of future rate hikes. → Read More
Unless something extraordinary occurs between now and then, the Federal Reserve will almost-certainly raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade next week at the conclusion of their December meeting. → Read More
Seven years ago the Fed slashed interest rates to near-zero hoping cheaper borrowing costs would lead the economy toward a strong recovery from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. → Read More
Hillary Clinton will unveil plans Wednesday to crack down on companies that seek to dodge U.S. taxes by denouncing their U.S. citizenship and moving their headquarters’ overseas. → Read More
In a New York Times OpEd piece, Hillary Clinton says laws and regulations approved in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis don’t go far enough toward preventing another meltdown. → Read More
Next week’s economic calendar is highlighted by inflation data, November retail sales and a report on consumer sentiment. → Read More