US Economy News Today: Policy Uncertainty Could Be Growing Risk to US Financial Stability

Today, the Federal Reserve looks at risks to U.S. financial stability in a report that comes out twice a year. We also look ahead to a measure of economic growth and additional data on inflation ... Read More

CFOs Predict Growth For Their Businesses And The Economy In 2024

The published version of Forbes' CFO newsletter delivers the latest news for chief financial officers and other budget-focused leaders to inboxes every Tuesday. Read More

Five risks posed by the $2 trillion private credit market

The International Monetary Fund warns that the rapidly growing private credit market is becoming increasingly opaque and warrants closer scrutiny. Read More

High Rates Have Been a Profit Machine for Banks. Not Anymore.

When JPMorgan Chase bought First Republic Bank in May, all eyes were on its CEO, Jamie Dimon. Here’s how the executive’s strategy for managing risk propelled him to the top of the banking world. Read More

Fed Rate Cuts Are Now a Matter of If, Not Just When

The consumer-price ... interest-rate increases. Solid hiring and the prospect that inflation might settle out closer to 3% than the Fed’s 2% goal could call into question whether the central ... Read More

Iran-Israel conflict: Will S&P credit rating drop harm Israel's economy?

The updated credit score, along with the other recent ratings, has the potential to impact Israel's economy in a number of ways. Read More

Fed report highlights risks to financial stability if interest rates stay higher for longer

The biggest worry for the global financial system is that the Federal Reserve keeps monetary policy tighter than expected, according to experts surveyed ... Read More

Worried Interest Rates Will Keep Rising? These 3 CDs Could Be Your Best Bet

A bump-up CD can be an excellent way to protect against the possibility of rising rates. Read on to learn how. Read More

Let’s face the possibility of Federal Reserve hiking interest rates

The conversation around the Federal Reserve potentially increasing interest rates is picking up steam. Not long ago, such a notion seemed off the table, but ... Read More

Credit card delinquency rates hit worst level since 2012 in new Fed data

Americans are drowning in credit card debt. New data published by the Federal Reserve Bank ... economy. Policymakers have signaled they expect to cut interest rates sometime this year, but not ... Read More

Seven banks under SEC scrutiny over interest rate risk disclosures

The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) sent a flurry of letters to seven banks in the fourth quarter of 2023 requesting greater transparency on measures of interest rate risk ... were contacted ... Read More

Hot inflation likely to delay interest rate cuts. Here's what to expect

In December, when the Fed announced plans for eventual rate cuts, prices were cooling steadily amid robust economic growth ... since the central bank runs little immediate risk of triggering ... Read More