Economy Sep 18 Wall Street ticks slightly higher ahead of presumed Fed interest rate cut By Yuri Kageyama, Matt Ott, Associated Press
Nation Jan 23 Watch 6:03 How the rise of artificial intelligence is boosting tech stocks Rallies have driven both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the much larger S&P 500 to record highs this week. There are several reasons for that, including investors’ assessments of the economy right now and where it will be in… By Geoff Bennett, Shoshana Dubnow
Economy Nov 24 Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition The gains extend a monthlong market rally driven by growing optimism that development of coronavirus vaccines and treatments will loosen the pandemic's stranglehold on the economy. By Alex Veiga, Associated Press
Economy Aug 18 S&P 500 closes at a record, erasing last of pandemic losses Wall Street clawed back the last of the historic, frenzied losses unleashed by the coronavirus, as the S&P 500 closed at an all-time high Tuesday. By Stan Choe, Alex Veiga, Damian J. Troise, Associated Press
World Apr 25 Watch Is Russia making a ‘costly’ mistake in its Ukraine campaign? As evidence that Russia is already hurting from the initial round of sanctions, the ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Russia’s credit rating for the first time in five years--to just one notch above junk status. Cliff Kupchan of… By PBS News Hour
Apr 30 Federal Reserve Trims Key Interest Rate By Admin, PBS News Hour In a smaller move than in past months, the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday in what could be the last in a line of reductions aimed at boosting an economy hit hard… Continue reading