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The Fed cut rates another quarter-point today, and signaled just one more in 2026.
Barron’s reviewed the memo, which initially appeared in social media posts over the weekend, and confirmed its authenticity with multiple Wall Street sources.
The Fed cut rates by a quarter-point—as expected. Quantitative tightening is ending after more than 3 years.
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The collapse of two companies tied to the U.S. auto industry is shedding new light on a fast-growing part of the financial ecosystem little known outside Wall Street. Banks are lending vast sums to companies that also provide financial services—but aren’t banks in name or in how they are regulated.
EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Warsh is a leading contender to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
He spoke with Barron's about interest rates, inflation, and more.
#3: Tech spending contributed 2% of GDP in the second quarter of 2025. This falls short of the 2.6% seen during the personal computer boom of the 1980s and the 2.9% seen during the internet bubble of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
OPINION: The TikTok deal represents yet another instance of the Trump administration sidelining national security in favor of trade-positive headlines—and it undermines long-term U.S. credibility on tech-security threats.
The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates for the first time in nine months on Wednesday, but the central bank struck a cautious approach by cutting by a quarter of a percentage point.
The Oracle chairman saw his net worth rise $112 billion on Wednesday morning to about $405 billion.
A federal judge late Tuesday night temporarily granted Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook’s bid to block her termination by President Donald Trump, paving the way for the policymaker to participate in the central bank’s policy meeting next week.
BREAKING: The producer price index for total final demand edged down 0.1% in August, putting the annual rate at 2.6%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday morning.
Job growth for the year through March was lower than the government had reported, signaling that weakness in employment may have begun as early as the summer of 2024.
American Eagle stock jumped 25% to $17 in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the apparel retailer reinstated its financial guidance for the fiscal year, giving investors a sunnier outlook than expected.
President Donald Trump’s push to take control of the Federal Reserve could pose a serious threat to the U.S. and global economy, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has warned.
Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook sued to block President Donald Trump’s recent move to dismiss her, setting up a potentially precedent-setting legal showdown between the White House and the central bank.
EXCLUSIVE: Read our interview with Stephen Miran, current chair of the Council of Economic Advisors and nominee to Fed Board of Governors.
Trump said that he would be imposing 100% tariff rates on all computer chips and semiconductors imported into the U.S.
Though the capital spending on artificial intelligence—about 11% of GDP—isn’t as extreme as the tech boom in 1999, the possibility that the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in AI turns out to be a dud is a significant risk for markets.
BREAKING: President Donald Trump said Friday that he ordered his team to fire Bureau of Labor Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
A year ago, one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s primary targets was the crypto industry.
Now, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins says the agency is going to do everything in its power to make the U.S. the most attractive country to digital-asset firms in the world.
Microsoft saw double-digit revenue growth last quarter in its closely watched Azure cloud business.
In 2024, about 45% of the vehicles GM sold domestically were imported, mainly from Mexico and South Korea.
Tariff impacts in the latest second quarter amounted to $1.1 billion, according to the company.
President Donald Trump says he is not ruling out the idea of firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell but that he doesn’t have an immediate plan to do so.
The comments came after a Senior White House Official told Barron’s that Trump is likely to fire Powell soon.
House members voted down a key procedural measure that would have cleared the way for votes on cryptocurrency-related bills—despite President Donald Trump having declared this “Crypto Week."
Nvidia says the U.S. will allow it to sell its H20 AI chips to China in a major turn of events www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
The paired investments are a clear “conflict of interest” without historical precedent, says Tracy Barba, director of the Lucas Institute for Venture Ethics at Santa Clara University.
