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Economy coverage from BusinessTech News. Federal Reserve policy, inflation prints, jobs reports, GDP data, and the macro forces moving markets and the political debate. Reporting on Fed chair Jerome Powell, Treasury Secretary, and the economists shaping the consensus on rates, recession risk, and the post-pandemic labor market. Stories pull from BLS, BEA, Fed minutes, FOMC dot plots, and direct sourcing on what policymakers are actually weighing. Updated through major economic-data days.
The June nonfarm payrolls report drops at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Thursday, and the preview data already suggests the labor market is losing momentum at exactly the…
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Trump cannot fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa…
Alan Greenspan, the Fed "Maestro" who ran the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006,…
Cuba just announced the most sweeping economic reforms in more than six decades. Prime…
Japan’s central bank just pushed borrowing costs to their highest level since September 1995,…
OPEC chief Haitham Al Ghais rejects the IEA's oil supply glut forecast as the…
Kevin Warsh sat down at the head of the Federal Open Market Committee table…
The FOMC meets June 16-17 with rates at 3.5%. The Iran peace deal oil…
The United States and Iran confirmed on Sunday that they have finalized a framework…
The political consensus that once greeted data center construction with open arms and generous…
The May Consumer Price Index landed at 4.2% year-over-year on Tuesday, the highest reading…
The Nasdaq plunged 4.18% on Friday, its steepest single-session drop since April 2025, as…
ExxonMobil’s senior vice president Neil Chapman told investors last week that crude oil could…
