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Fed hikes interest rate by half percentage point — benchmark rate seen topping out at 5.25%
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.5 percentage point and signaled more tightening next year. The half-point increase brings the Fed’s federal funds rate up Read more
Vanguard sees a recession in 2023 — and one ‘silver lining’ for investors
The last 12 months was a year of fast-rising inflation, fast-rising interest rates and fast-rising questions about a future recession. Prices went up while stock markets and savings account balances Read more
Best stock picks for 2023: Here are Wall Street analysts’ favored choices
Following a sharp and sustained rise in interest rates, U.S. stocks have taken a broad beating this year. But 2023 may bring very different circumstances. Below are lists of analysts’ Read more
SEC charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors in now-bankrupt FTX
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged Samuel Bankman-Fried with committing fraud after raising $1.8 billion from investors, as the U.S. government hammer came down on the founder and Read more
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested in Bahamas, charges pending in U.S.
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which faced a colossal collapse this year, was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday, and is facing criminal charges in the United Read more
Sinema ditches Democrats, but analysts say it’s no Senate earthquake, just a re-election gambit
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday that she’s leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent. So what does that mean? The initial reaction from analysts is that the Arizona Read more
U.S. wholesale price inflation picks up in November, but is lower for year
The number: U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in November, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal has forecast a 0.2% gain. This is the third Read more
U.S. wholesale price inflation picks up in November, but is lower for year
The number: U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in November, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal has forecast a 0.2% gain. This is the third Read more
Bankman-Fried says he’s now willing to testify to House committee
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former chief executive of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, on Friday changed his position and said he was willing to testify in front of the U.S. Read more