Fed Rate Hike in October? Why Officials Want to Wait, and the CPI Print That Could Change Their Minds
A Fed rate hike at the October 27–28 meeting looks unlikely, but not impossible, and Wednesday’s inflation report will say…
Trump Alaska Pipeline Pitch: A $54 Billion Promise, a South Korean Pushback and a Senate Seat on the Line
The Trump Alaska pipeline announcement was supposed to be an economic win in a battleground state. On Wednesday, September 30,…
Fed October Rate Hike Odds Just Got Cut in Half — Here’s Why Wall Street May Have Gotten Ahead of Itself
For most of last week, the bond market treated a back-to-back Federal Reserve rate hike in October as close to…
Gas Prices Keep Climbing — And So Do Democrats’ Odds of Sweeping Congress in 2026
Five weeks before the 2026 midterms, two numbers are moving in the same direction at the same time: the price…
Your Paycheck Could Soon Fund Your Kid’s Retirement Tax-Free — Here’s How the New $2,500 ‘Trump Account’ Break Actually Works
Nine months after Trump Accounts officially launched, the Treasury Department just proposed a rule that changes the math for parents…
The 30-Year Mortgage Rate Just Hit 7.17% — Its Highest Level Since Trump’s Inauguration — and Buyers Are Paying the Price
Homebuyers hoping for a break caught the exact opposite this week. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed to 7.17%…
AI’s Biggest Names Just Asked for a Timeout — Here’s Every Lever Washington Could Actually Pull to Make It Happen
For one strange weekend, three AI companies that almost never agree on anything found common ground. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei…
Data Center Backlash 2026: Why Some Republican Candidates Are Diverging From Trump on AI Infrastructure
Data Centers Have Become a 2026 Political Issue The rapid expansion of artificial-intelligence data centers is producing an unusual political…
Retail Sales Surge 1.2% in August: U.S. Economy Shows Fresh Momentum as Consumer Spending Rebounds
Retail Sales Rebound Sharply at the End of Summer U.S. retail sales rose strongly in August, providing another indication that…
Bessent’s Debt-Reduction Plan Just Slipped From ‘Days’ to ‘Months’ — And Congress Isn’t Even Pretending It Will Pass
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s promised fiscal fix for America’s debt problem keeps getting pushed further out. What he described in…