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IRS should brace for ‘broad and deep’ scrutiny if Republicans win midterm elections. Here’s why every taxpayer should care.
Less than three months ago, a bill dedicating $80 billion for sweeping technological upgrades, staff additions and more enforcement at the Internal Revenue Service passed with no Republican votes, but Read more
This hedge fund manager who made winning bets in 2020, says investors should brace for a decades-long bear market
On the heels of last week’s bullish turn for stocks, the setup is looking slightly less positive for Monday. Hong Kong stocks may be affecting the mood with a giant Read more
Stock-market investors brace for busiest week of earnings season. Here’s how it stacks up so far.
So far, so good? Stocks ended the first full week of the earnings season on a strong note Friday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.47%, S&P 500 SPX, Read more
Why the housing market should brace for double-digit mortgage rates in 2023
Even if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his cohorts stopped hiking policy rates soon, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate still would climb to 10%, according to Christopher Whalen, chairman Read more
Treasury yields move lower as traders brace for CPI inflation reading
Treasury yields ticked lower Thursday as investors awaited the September reading of the U.S. consumer-price index. What yields are doing The yield on the 2-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD02Y, 4.274% was Read more
Traders brace for U.K. bond volatility after Bank of England stresses support will stop at end of week
Investors were braced for volatile trading in U.K. government bonds after the Bank of England stressed it would stop intervening to bolster the market as planned at the end of Read more
When will mortgage rates go down? Brace yourself, economists warn house hunters that rates of 7% may be the ‘new normal.’
When will mortgage rates go down? And will they go down anytime soon? “Anyone forecasting mortgage rates needs to have a lot of humility,” Ali Wolf, chief economist at Zonda Read more
$8 a gallon gas? RBC energy guru on why we should brace for higher oil prices
American consumers may have gotten a bit of a break from sky-high gas prices over the past few months as the prices for oil and natural gas in the U.S. Read more
Brace yourselves, the Fed is about to inflict ‘some pain’ to fight inflation — here’s how to prepare your wallet and portfolio
Weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned there would be “some pain to households and businesses” as the central bank kept jacking up interest rates to try fighting four-decade Read more
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