Market Overview

If Federal Reserve policymakers are sincere about wanting to achieve their stated goal of maximum employment, they’ll have to stop ignoring the economic realities before their eyes. The April jobs...

Reports Q1 results on Tuesday, May 4, before the market open Revenue Expectation: $13.67 billion EPS Expectation: $0.78 Despite developing the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine to be used in the U.S....

President Joseph Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief is likely to set markets, including commodities, on a mixed course this week as the tug-of-war between economic recovery and inflation risks...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is going to have to do a better job than he did during last week's congressional testimony, of convincing investors he means what he says when promising the Fed...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comStocks have fallen sharply, and the decline should not come as a surprise to anyone. Valuations in many equities have been at historically high...

Federal Reserve policymakers are trying to calibrate the uncertainties of a pandemic, a vaccine rollout, and the impact of fiscal and monetary stimulus on the economy and inflation—not to mention a...

Compiled by Jesse CohenWall Street’s major indices are on track to end 2020 at all-time highs as optimism over progress on the COVID-19 vaccine front—combined with optimism over additional...

Central banks showed they had learned a thing or two from the 2008-09 financial crisis as they successfully navigated an unprecedented pandemic and lockdowns this year. They reacted forcefully to keep...

Investors were focused on what policymakers were thinking about the Federal Reserve’s asset purchases when the minutes of the monetary policy meeting in early November were published last week after...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been urging Congress to provide more fiscal aid, but a deadlock between Republicans and Democrats has blocked a second stimulus package. Against that...

Equities extended their gains on Tuesday but currencies consolidated as traders worry about President Trump’s campaign to challenge the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Trump is...

Central banks around the world are pulling out most—but not all—of the stops to help their local economies soften the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank of England said last week it will...

Federal Reserve policymakers were forced to tread water in their meeting last week, which came in the awkward interval between Americans casting their ballots in the presidential and congressional...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell picked just the wrong moment to reiterate his call for more fiscal stimulus last Tuesday, as his warning of “tragic” consequences came just hours before...