Interest Rates

The Fed opted to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday.

Fed holds interest rates steady as hotter inflation reports push back timing of cut

Zach Halaschak · March 20, 2024 2:00 pm

Not even the Fed can counter a decade of bad zoning law distorting the housing market

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 14, 2024 9:00 pm

Unexpectedly stubborn inflation poses difficulties for Fed and Biden

Zach Halaschak · March 14, 2024 1:17 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, employees at Sheffield Platers Inc. work on the factory floor in San Diego. The Institute for Supply Management issues its U.S. manufacturing index for November on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

Inflation rose to 1.6% in February in producer price index, much hotter than expected

Zach Halaschak · March 14, 2024 8:33 am

Inflation unexpectedly rose to 3.2% in February in setback for Fed rate cut plans

Zach Halaschak · March 12, 2024 8:33 am

Biden budget proposal

Faith, Freedom & Self-Reliance

Biden’s deficit attention disorder

J.T. Young · March 8, 2024 9:44 am

In this June 23, 2014 photo, job seekers wait in line to meet with recruiters during a job fair in Philadelphia. The government issues the July jobs report on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Economy beats expectations with 275,000 jobs in February

Zach Halaschak · March 8, 2024 8:32 am

Beltway Confidential

Bidenomics strikes again: Credit scores fall for first time in decades

Conn Carroll · March 7, 2024 4:14 pm

Courage, Strength & Optimism

The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates

James Rogan · March 7, 2024 6:00 am

Gold prices have hit a record high.

Gold futures close at record high

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2024 4:47 pm

In this Thursday, July 17, 2014 photo construction workers build a commercial complex in Springfield, Ill. The state jobless rate has dropped for four straight months and is at its lowest point since October 2008. Illinois has lagged the country as a whole in its recovery from recession, and the state's unemployment rate has been among the worst in the country for months. Thursday's report provides signs that Illinois may be starting to catch up. Construction companies added 3,500 jobs in June, an increase of 1.8 percent. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

GDP growth rate revised down slightly to still-strong 3.2% for fourth quarter of 2023

Zach Halaschak · February 28, 2024 8:32 am

Business economists now overwhelmingly expect a ‘soft landing’ this year

Zach Halaschak · February 26, 2024 12:01 am