KUWAIT: This week saw increased global market activity amidst key economic data releases, central bank signals, trade developments and geopolitical events. In the United States, July data highlighted ...

The first full week of August offered a concise lesson in how quickly the policy calculus can shift when both politics and data align. Equity markets wobbled after reports that Governor Christopher ...

Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket stir controversy with Trump and Putin bets, Fed chair odds, and bizarre viral wagers ...

A persistent theme has crept into financial policy discussions lately: the need to reduce the costs paid by the U.S.

President Donald Trump has moved from aggressively pressuring Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for a rate cut to ...

The Trump administration’s unorthodox Chinese export pact with Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices is worrying trade experts.

Donald Trump, from inside the White House, said Wednesday that he's already trimmed his Fed chair shortlist down to “three or ...

The search for the next Fed chair continues to widen, with reports adding new private-industry names to the mix.

On Tuesday, Rick Rieder, BlackRock Inc.'s chief investment officer of global fixed income and a frequent guest on financial television, told CNBC that this is the best investing environment ever. On ...

Although sounding plausible enough—a smaller balance sheet would lead to lower short-term rates—it’s mostly a fairy tale.

Powell’s term as chairman of the US central bank expires in May 2026, and the Trump administration – already interviewing potential replacements – is casting a “very wide net” in the search for his ...

The Federal Reserve building's renovation has been at the center of Trump's fight with Powell, whose term as Fed chairman expires in May 2026.