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Back to news homeFed Raises Interest Rate Half a Percentage Point, Largest Increase Since 2000
Deciding how quickly to remove policy support is a fraught exercise. Central bankers are hoping to move decisively enough to arrest the pop in prices without curbing growth so aggressively […]
The Fed Wants to Fight Inflation Without a Recession. Is It Too Late?
The Federal Reserve is poised to set out a path to rapidly withdraw support from the economy at its meeting on Wednesday — and while it hopes it can contain […]
The Era of Cheap and Plenty May Be Ending
Ford Motor, which has grappled with pandemic supply chain issues, is working on making its own batteries — including in America. “In the medium and long term, securing raw materials, […]
As Stocks Fall, Economic Fears Rise, Along With Inflation
Broadly speaking, earnings reports have shown that profit growth continues, and results from some big firms, like Microsoft and Facebook’s parent, Meta Platforms, did briefly ease the panic on Wall […]
Rising Economic Fear Batters Wall Street
But in April, Fed officials began to shift their view, expressed in speeches and other public comments, on how quickly interest rates will have to rise to get inflation under […]
College-Educated Workers Help Unionize Places Like Starbucks
Over the past decade-and-a-half, many young, college-educated workers have faced a disturbing reality: that it was harder for them to reach the middle class than for previous generations. The change […]
Will President Biden Forgive Student Loan Debt?
Justin Nelson’s letter, one of the thousands that arrived at the White House this month, said he was proud to vote for President Biden back in 2020. Now he had […]
Hot Job Market, an Economic Relief, Is a Wall Street Worry
That hope is under threat, as the Federal Reserve proceeds with a plan to increase borrowing costs by quickly raising interest rates to rein in some lending, consumer spending, business […]
Rapid Inflation, Lower Employment: How the U.S. Pandemic Response Measures Up
The United States spent more aggressively to protect its economy from the pandemic than many global peers, a strategy that has helped to foment more rapid inflation — but also […]