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At Wednesday’s meeting, it upped the fed funds rate to a maximum of 3.25%.

Allocators and other investors shy away from the practice, but a research paper argues that rising rates pose an ideal opportunity for negative bets.

Bad news from FedEx, Ford and others saps confidence.

At a 4.5% benchmark interest rate, economic growth will start to suffer, hedge fund guru says.

Norway reclaims the top spot from Iceland, while Switzerland remains in second.

Over the past three-quarters of a century, the market has lost an average 0.56% during the upcoming month, CFRA data show.

This marks the one-year anniversary of his wrongheaded pronouncement that inflation would be ‘transitory.’

PIMCO’s Crescenzi touts the steadiness of the central bank chief who conquered inflation four decades ago.

Are we in a recession, or headed that way? Contradictory signs make the outlook fuzzy.

Projected S&P 500 profits rose just 6.7% in the second quarter, and even slower results are ahead. Not good for stocks, the firm contends.

Central banks in emerging markets have hiked at different speeds, with the best currency gains going to an aggressive Brazil.