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Fed keeps interest rates at 23-year high
The Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates at a 23-year high on Wednesday, as the central bank tries to curb stubborn inflation. Investors now think it could be September at the earliest before...

10 Top Industrial Stocks Of May 2024
Strong returns when the economy is heating up. Industrial stocks are the classic example of a cyclical stock. When the economy is booming, orders for...

Immigrants Raise Wages And Boost Employment Of U.S.-Born Workers
am EDT New research concludes immigrants raise wages and boost the employment of U.S.-born workers. Americans should care about the findings, which confirm and expand upon earlier analyses, because...

What The Bear Market In Diversification Means For Investors
am EDT Alex Shahidi, JD, CFA®, CFP®, ChFC®, CIMA®, is a Managing Partner and Co-CIO at Evoke Advisors, and Host of The Insightful Investor Podcast. The principle behind diversification is to...

What is the federal funds rate? How the Fed controls interest rates, explained
...influences various financial decisions and products, such as credit card rates and mortgage rates. The Fed’s decision to raise or lower the fed funds rate can have a significant impact on the...

A New Era Of Higher Interest Rates
pm EDT There is more evidence every passing day that the U.S. is undergoing a secular change towards higher average interest rates. For almost fifteen years investors, business leaders, governments,...

A 2024 Report Reveals Small Business Marketing Challenges
pm EDT By Rieva Lesonsky Despite an improving economy and record-setting consumer spending (The CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor shows total retail sales in the first quarter up 2.65% over 2023’s...

Wages, employment and inflation are up, causing headaches for the Fed
The Federal Reserve has promised to be "data driven" in deciding when to cut interest rates. But some of the recent economic data has the central bank driving in circles. Economic growth is slowing....

A Conversation With The White House National Economic Council Director
pm EDT This week is National Small Business Week, a more than 60-year-old series of events recognizing the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. This year’s...

Hotel Investment Sales Post Quarterly Decline
While the U.S. economy continues to expand and is currently a major driver of global growth, inflation has recently ticked up after falling considerably from a peak of 9.1% nearly two years ago. ...