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Stock futures rose Wednesday ahead of the release of the consumer price index for March. Economists forecast the monthly pace of inflation was 0.3% last month, down from 0.4% in February. Nvidia was down…

Shares of Robinhood Markets were up 12% to $19.28 after the online-trading company said trading volumes during February rose to $80.9 billion, up 36% from January and 41% from February 2023. Crypto…

There seems to be a bizarre disconnect between the surging U.S. stock market and the sad state of American politics. Winston Churchill supposedly quipped, “Americans always do the right thing, after they have tried…

It might seem at times that investors care more about Jensen Huang than Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Huang is the longtime CEO of chip maker Nvidia Corp. NVDA , which stole the show last…

WASHINGTON — Momentum toward passing a $1.7 trillion government funding bill with more aid for Ukraine slowed considerably Wednesday as lawmakers struggled to reach an agreement on amendments needed to get to a final vote and avoid a…

WASHINGTON — The Senate Banking Committee approved Jerome Powell’s nomination to a second four-year term as chair of the Federal Reserve Wednesday, just hours after the central bank began what will be a difficult…

President Joe Biden needs a course correction, or the Democrats face disaster in the midterm elections. That’s tough with a cabinet and White House staff formed to appease woke progressives. America’s hard…

Jerome H. Powell was nominated to serve a second term as Federal Reserve Chair. Graeme…

The number of workers taking time off because they were sick with Covid-19—or caring for someone else who was—surged at the beginning of the year, topping another leading cause for missing work: caring for…

WASHINGTON—The Senate returns for a new session on Monday with Democrats focused on trying to change the chamber’s rules to muscle through elections legislation over Republican opposition, as lawmakers also hope to revive President…